Face masks

After four members of Congress tested positive for the coronavirus after lawmakers sheltered from the rioters at the U.S. Capitol, President-elect Joe Biden blasted Congress members who refuse to wear masks. The president-elect also called the politicization of mask-wearing “stupid.”

While masks and other protective gear are crucial in the fight against COVID-19, they can have an incredibly damaging impact on the planet. The director of research at the conservation group Oceans Asia, Teale Phelps Bondaroff, joined LX News to discuss how massive numbers of face masks have been entering our oceans since the start of the pandemic.

A 95-year-old woman who became a prolific mask maker during the pandemic took a short break this fall while she recovered from COVID-19 herself

A nurse practitioner in Colorado has built a state-approved contraption that allows people to hug their loved ones safely.

The mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, said she resigned and moved after she started receiving threats over the city’s face mask mandate.

2020 was a hard year for most, but a few things had their time in the spotlight. Here are the 12 things that had an unexpected cultural moment in 2020.

As workers across the country slowly start returning to their respective offices and adjust to the new normal of mask wearing and social distancing, expect a fair share of bumps in the road

Tom Cruise was reportedly caught on set yelling at two crew members for breaking COVID-19 pandemic protocols. Here are some tips to avoid a “Tom Cruise moment” as you navigate the new safety rules at your workplace.

When the swine flu pandemic hit the world in 2009, designer Irina Blok took her idea for fun face masks onto ‘Shark Tank.’ But in what may be the biggest face-palm moment in the show’s history, the ’Sharks’ nearly laughed her out of the room. We talked to Blok about the experience and saw how one of the investors is...

The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Stephen Hahn, on Saturday assured Americans that no corners were cut in the vaccine’s emergency use authorization. He also urged people to continue wearing masks while the vaccine rolls out over the next year.

It’s been a year since Wuhan, China, reported the world’s first cases of COVID-19, and life in the city is largely back to normal.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday delivered remarks as he prepares to join President-elect Joe Biden as a chief medical adviser. “Whether it’s maintaining social distancing and not congregating indoors or the 100-day challenge [Biden’s] described on masking, or to get as many people vaccinated as possible,” Fauci said, “these actions are bold, but they are doable and essential to help...

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday outlined his plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in his first 100 days. He said he would require masks where he could under the law, secure 100 million vaccine shots and open a majority of schools.

Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled times,” in our sweat pants and the isolation we endure “out of an abundance of caution,” there isn’t much not to be over as 2020 comes to a longed for halt.

Portraying Santa Claus in the Coronavirus Age requires many precautions

Authorities say the manager of a Maryland bowling alley was assaulted after he asked some patrons to wear face masks

The news of several potential coronavirus vaccines offers hope for the end of the pandemic, but experts caution that we may still be wearing masks and employing other guidelines, like social distancing, for at least another year.

A lot of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus comes down to a seemingly simple concept: Wearing a mask.

NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker breaks down a UCLA study that says wearing a cloth mask can reduce droplet transmission up to 77% and is the best way to keeps ourselves and others safe from contracting COVID-19.

A man who refused to wear a face mask at an early voting site in Maryland was arrested Tuesday and faces misdemeanor charges, officials say.  Daniel Swain, 52, was charged with trespassing and failure to comply with a health emergency after an incident in Jarrettsville, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.  Harford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the...