masks

After more than a year of wearing masks or face coverings, the CDC says you can take them off in or outdoors if you’ve been fully vaccinated against the virus, but it appears not everyone is ready to. And private businesses are still able to choose whether they’ll mandate masks or not.

Following federal recommendations to relax mask rules for fully vaccinated people, more New England states are dropping their mask orders. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated — meaning two weeks after their final shot — no longer need to wear masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. “The…

Hours after federal mask rules were eased indoors and outdoors for people who are fully vaccinated, the Baker administration announced how it would proceed in Massachusetts. For now, there won’t be any change to the Bay State’s mask order, which was recently relaxed for people outdoors. But the administration will update its restrictions soon, Gov. Charlie Baker’s press secretary...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks in most indoor settings still comes a little too soon for some Massachusetts residents. Some say they will have to get used to the idea of being maskless inside with other people. “I think it would be tough for me to...

Vermont will relax its guidance on mask-wearing outside on Saturday while also moving to the second phase of reopening, with larger gatherings allowed and most businesses being under universal guidance that includes mask-wearing, physical distancing, and staying home when sick, Gov. Phil Scott said Friday. Starting Saturday, vaccinated and unvaccinated Vermonters will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors…

Student athletes participating in spring sports in Massachusetts must wear masks during games for the time being, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association said in a statement Thursday. This comes despite Gov. Charlie Baker’s announcement earlier this week that the state’s outdoor mask mandate will be lifted on Friday. “In light of Governor Baker’s announcement on Tuesday, April 27, 2021...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday lifted the state’s requirement that people wear face coverings outside, effective immediately, after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control updated its guidance on masks. In a statement, the Maine Center for Disease Control said masks are no longer required in public, but recommended that people continue to wear them “in outdoor settings where...

Massachusetts announced plans to ease COVID restrictions, including masks for people outside starting Friday. Stadiums will be able to host more people, bars can reopen for nearly regular service and more.

Massachusetts announced plans to ease COVID restrictions, including masks for people outside starting Friday. Stadiums will be able to host more people, bars can reopen for nearly regular service and more.

U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, lays out the guidance for what people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely do indoors and outdoors.

Governor Baker gave an expected end date for all COVID-related business regulations.

The federal government is expected to unveil new guidance on outdoor mask-wearing Tuesday as Gov. Charlie Baker hints at additional changes in Massachusetts.

Private businesses, cities, and towns can still come up with their own masking rules, but it will no longer be mandated by the state. Experts say this is not the time, but some residents are saying finally.

Gov. Chris Sununu announced Thursday that the mask mandate will end Friday in New Hampshire, pointing to deaths being down. But experts say that number will rise without masks.

The statewide mask mandate is set to expire on Friday, April. 16.

Masks are still required at all times in Massachusetts, despite rising vaccination numbers and better weather to get outdoors.

Although nearly a fifth of U.S. states don’t require people to wear masks to protect against COVID-19, some businesses are requiring employees and customers to be masked on their premises

Disposable masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment have safeguarded untold lives during the pandemic

The director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, issued a warning to Americans on Monday. “We have seen footage of people enjoying spring break festivities maskless,” she said. “Equally concerning are the resurgences we are now seeing in some European countries, countries that have had strikingly similar surges during the pandemic as the United States.”