Face masks

Massachusetts relaxed its mask restrictions last week, but kids are still required to wear their masks outdoors during school recess and youth sports. A grassroots group of about 5,000 parents sent Gov. Charlie Baker a letter Thursday asking him to immediately remove the state’s mask requirement for all outdoor youth sports, summer camps and recess — even if six feet...

As India struggles to keep up with record-breaking daily coronavirus cases, one man has taken it upon himself to disinfect neighborhoods in Mumbai dressed as a clown.

The Transportation Security Administration said travelers will be required to wear face masks through Sept. 13 in airports and on buses, trains and commercial flights.

Alaska Airlines has banned an Alaska state senator from its flights for refusing to follow mask requirements

Masks protect against coronavirus infection, but with more than 84 million adults in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are growing questions about whether wearing masks outdoors is still needed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidance which allows people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel freely in the U.S., as long as they remain masked.

President Joe Biden on Monday urged states that had lifted the mask mandate to reinstate it as COVID-19 cases rise in parts of the country. “I’m reiterating my call for every governor, mayor and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate,” Biden said. “Please, this is not politics.”

A Texas fast-food restaurant manager was stabbed in a dispute sparked over a mask policy, and League City officials have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect, NBC News reports.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci for wearing a face mask after having been vaccinated. “You parade around in a mask for show,” Paul told Fauci on Thursday. “Here we go again with the theater,” Fauci responded. “Let me just state for the record that masks are not theater.”

A San Diego woman who was denied service at a Starbucks coffee shop for refusing to wear a mask says she’s received death threats after publicly shaming the barista who refused her on social media.

Workers such as restaurant servers and retail clerks are balancing the anticipation of better earnings with concerns about keeping themselves safe as states lift mask mandates and ease restrictions on businesses

The news that Texas and Mississippi are lifting their mask mandates has alarmed medical experts, who are still worried about yet another surge of COVID-19 cases as new variants spread across the country. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Dena Grayson shared her frank reaction to this news, as well as her thoughts on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

A mix-up at the California Department of Motor Vehicles left a California woman with a driver’s license photo that’s a sign of the times.

As more people get fully vaccinated against COVID-19, what’s safe for them to do? Don’t expect to shed your mask right away. At least for now, U.S. health authorities say people should follow the same rules as everybody else about wearing a mask, keeping a 6-foot distance and avoiding crowds even after they’ve gotten their second vaccine dose....

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the Department of Homeland Security has seized over 11 million counterfeit N95 masks in its ongoing fight to protect frontline health care workers

With new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus circulating, health experts are adjusting their recommendations for face masks. NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres joined LX News to explain why you should make sure your face mask is well-fitted and double up.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called out Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for not wearing a mask on the Senate floor Thursday. Paul is the only senator who does not wear a mask in the Senate chamber. The Kentucky senator complied with Brown’s request without objection.

Face masks are now required in all National Park Service buildings, and on land maintained by the Park Service when physical distancing is not possible, federal officials announced Tuesday.  Visitors and employees must wear masks indoors, plus outdoors on Park Service land when social distancing cannot be maintained, “including [on] narrow or busy trails, overlooks and historic homes,” a...

Earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, PPE shortages meant that many people were making cloth face coverings out of available fabrics, like T-shirts and bedsheets, or wearing bandanas. Not only are there now plenty of mask options out there, we have data on what materials and designs are most effective at blocking droplets and aerosolized particles.

A fight broke out during a Czech parliament debate over coronavirus restrictions. One lawmaker who refused to wear a mandatory face mask became aggravated after another lawmaker turned off his microphone.