The evidence that masks prevent transmission of COVID-19 is very strong and is as close to “settled” science as you can get. The best evidence comes from studies conducted before vaccines were ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

Students and staff sported masks on the first day of school at Dallas last week because the district had opted to mandate masks in all grades. As of Sept. 7, that will no longer be optional, as a new ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Plenty has been said about putting on a mask since the COVID-19 pandemic began. There is plenty of truth, but also no shortage of misinformation and disinformation. FSU ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has gone ahead and ordered masking not just for all schoolchildren but for tots age 2 and up in day care. This is, without question, not just senseless but positively harmful.

Masks are the most visible reminders that we are still in a pandemic, and the debate over their use and other public health measures has been present since March 2020, largely along partisan lines.

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• Scientists have found little evidence that the kind of masks worn by students negatively affect oxygen or carbon dioxide levels, and they say that contamination levels on masks are no worse than on ...

Republicans are slamming the Democratic Party’s dramatic shift on mask mandates, saying the "science" it claims to follow changes with the "political winds." Exactly one year after he said the lifting ...

At least two Kentucky school districts have made face masks at school optional after the General Assembly repealed a statewide mandate for face coverings in classrooms. While most school districts are ...