Face masks

Gov. Kathy Hochul directed New York state’s Department of Health to institute universal masking for “anyone entering our schools” on Day 1 in office and said new vaccine requirements for New Yorkers would be “coming soon.” In her first public address as the 57th governor of New York, the first woman to helm the state in its history also made…

There’s not even a month left before school returns — with no remote learning option — in New York City. And with COVID-related hospital admissions among kids — and adults — soaring, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The federal mask mandate for transportation is set to expire Sept. 13.

YouTube has suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days after the Kentucky Republican posted a misleading video suggesting face masks don’t prevent infection by COVID-19.

Face coverings in school are a hot-button issue as Massachusetts school districts grapple with tough decisions. “We’re at restaurants now without masks so I feel like kids should definitely be able to breathe freely and be like normal kids again,” said Milford parent Emily Rhames. Some school districts like Boston have already decided that masks will be required in...

Schools have begun reopening in the U.S. with most states leaving it up to local schools to decide whether to require masks.

Beginning this weekend at Watkins Glen International, NASCAR will require all personnel to wear a face mask in enclosed areas at all times, regardless of vaccination status.

Look, we get it. COVID-19 stole a year from all of our lives, and just when we thought we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, the virus mutated several times. And now the newest variant has companies delaying a return to offices and some municipalities considering mask mandates.  In the words of baseball legend Yogi Berra,...

The public may be tired of shifting guidance from the CDC about wearing face masks, but Dr. Anthony Fauci says the latest change wasn’t made arbitrarily. Rather, it was forced by the Delta variant. “It isn’t that they decided in a vacuum to flip-flop — the virus changed,” he explained in an interview with LX News Now host Eric Alvarez....

Parents and policy makers across the nation have been plunged anew into a debate over whether face coverings should be optional or a mandate when schools reopen

Raven Saunders is already a shot put record-breaker, but the 25-year-old track and field star is now a wave-maker with her Joker-themed face masks and brightly colored hair. And like Simone Biles, Saunders has stepped away from competition in the past to focus on mental health. Here are five things to know about Team USA’s Raven Saunders.

The governors of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday publicly backed the idea of indoor masking for vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas, but stopped short of mandating it yet. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his administration is reviewing the CDC’s new indoor face mask guidance for fully vaccinated people with federal and state health experts....

The masks Team USA athletes are wearing at the Tokyo Olympics are proving to be the “Bane” of fans’ existence.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Office of the Governor will review the newest guidance on indoor masking from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gov. Ned Lamont’s communications director Max Reiss said Tuesday. The CDC announced Tuesday that it was recommending fully vaccinated people begin wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid transmission...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update their mask guidelines on Tuesday, July 27, in light of surges of hyper-contagious delta variant. The CDC now recommends both unvaccinated and vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in public settings.

Ahead of the CDC’s announcement that all Americans will be advised to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that the move is not as a result of ineffective vaccinations but as a precaution against the hyper-transmissible delta variant. “The reality is that we’re dealing with a much different strain...

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant.

The nation’s leading infectious disease expert said recommending that vaccinated people wear masks is “under active consideration” by the government’s leading public health officials.

A group of parents in New Hampshire is suing three school districts for making children wear masks. This is the third lawsuit of its kind filed by Attorney Robert Fojo, who says making kids wear face coverings at this point in the pandemic is “child abuse.” Christopher Grout’s nine-year-old son goes to Londonderry South, where he’s had to wear...

California regulators have approved revised workplace pandemic rules that allow employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus the same freedoms as when they are off the job