Face masks can help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Learn about mask types, which masks to use and ...

The discovery of new COVID variants and a relatively small increase in the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations have helped put face masks back in the spotlight. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Wearing a face mask in public (especially when social distancing isn’t possible) can help reduce the spread of COVID-19, but not all masks are created equal. Some masks are more effective than others ...

If you’ve put your COVID face masks into retirement, it’s time to start wearing them again if you live in a large region of the United States that could potentially be affected by wildfires — ...

That's a good question. Masks remain one of the non-pharmaceutical means of controlling the spread of infection. But how effective has COVID masking been in practice? To address this fundamental ...

Throughout a fair amount of the Covid-19 pandemic, high profile individuals, such as Queen Letizia of Spain (pictured here), have worn face masks in public areas. (Photo by Paolo Blocco/WireImage) ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that the general public wear cloth face masks to help decrease everyone’s chances of getting COVID-19. So how does the new ...

After three years of requiring face masks, hospitals and health systems across New Hampshire are lifting or easing mask requirements as COVID-19 transmission and prevalence wanes — and the public ...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., seen here with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. on November 10, claimed on Twitter that “the data shows masks don’t work,” when in fact data have shown the opposite. (Tom ...

Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed approximately 2 million people, wearing face masks in public has become the norm almost everywhere and a requirement in many places. In the U.S ...

Now you can put a price on a smile. People in Japan who have become accustomed to wearing a face mask have turned to the help of a professional — to learn to smile again. After the Japanese government ...