FARGO — Greta Gramig was not wearing a mask as she walked down a sunny sidewalk in downtown Fargo Wednesday afternoon, May 6, but when she stopped to chat with a stranger the mask came out. "I don't ...

Children at least 2 years of age should wear a face mask because they can contract and spread COVID-19 just like adults.

Most states are adjusting mask mandates and policies after the CDC updated its guidelines May 13. Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks or follow social ...

Bills introduced in Congress since 2018 banning protesters from wearing masks have stalled or failed. Many states have decades-old mask bans designed to thwart the Ku Klux Klan. California law makes ...

Since May, highly contagious "FLiRT" coronavirus variants – a term for new mutations of Omicron – have been driving a rise in infections and emergency room trips. Virus levels at local wastewater ...

Some say confusing messaging and poor communication about COVID and the ever-changing public health guidance has made it harder to know what to do at this stage of the pandemic. (DrAfter123/Getty ...

A ban on COVID-19 restrictions that impose a mandate to wear face masks in public spaces went into effect in Texas after a number of institutions across the U.S. reinstated the policy due to a rise in ...

“Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference.” Such was the verdict of a recent Cochrane review, a systematic assessment of all medical research on masks. How much should one ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic took off in 2020, so too did questions over the effectiveness of wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the virus. Now, four years later, what does the science say? In ...

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Michigan has been at the center of the mask-wearing debate, and it intensified after hundreds of residents flooded the Michigan State Capitol to ...