Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people have given up masking. These families share why they're staying vigilant. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis for ...

A familiar pandemic-era safety measure is making a comeback as new COVID-19 variants surface and cases of the disease flare in some parts of the U.S.: Mask mandates. The number of COVID-19 cases has ...

The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit, making it harder to control. Unlike other respiratory ...

Wearing face masks may not have lowered the risk of COVID infection after the first Omicron wave, new research has shown. But that does not mean that face masks aren't useful, regardless. The wearing ...

As three new COVID-19 variants are spreading across the country, many people are wondering: Are masks coming back? While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not announced new mask ...

Despite COVID-19 hospitalizations steadily inching up in the U.S., mask mandates on planes are unlikely to make a comeback, experts told Newsweek. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...

Less than a year ago, President Joe Biden declared on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, “the pandemic is over. If you notice, no one’s wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.” At the time, ...

Hospitalizations have ticked upward, and there are at least 1,200 Covid-related deaths each week. Americans should mask more often, and vaccination rates remain too low, experts say. By Apoorva ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gather outside to listen to the Miskey Mountain Boys at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach on July 28. (Zoe Cranfill / ...

Most San Francisco Bay Area counties are reinstituting mask requirements among workers in healthcare settings, timed to coincide with the arrival of the annual respiratory illness season and an ...