Face masks are one of the most crucial measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but confusion and misinformation still surround their use. In this new phase of the pandemic, in which about 70 ...

Experts recommend when and how to use them, as COVID continues to circulate. As new COVID variants gain traction, reinfections become more common and cases climb in certain areas, a few schools and ...

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 ...

President Joe Biden arrives with Capt. Larry Taylor, an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy, to award him the ...

After that, "most people recommend wearing a mask or having some sort of protective isolation for about five to seven days," Sood says. The CDC still recommends taking additional precautions, such as ...

On April 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended the mask requirement for public transportation through May 3, but a federal judge in Florida ruled against the mask ...

Despite rising coronavirus outbreaks across Los Angeles County, officials said they have no plans for new public mask mandates — a sign of how COVID-19 policies have changed in an era of plentiful ...

The CDC issued new guidance on COVID-19 at the start of the new school year. As millions of students across the country return to school over the next several weeks, they are doing so under new ...

People online are touting the results of a Cochrane review to incorrectly claim that it shows masks “don’t work” against the coronavirus. But the primary conclusion of the review is that it’s ...

The Baltimore Sun spoke with Dr Aaron Milstone, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, ...