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Parents and policy makers across the nation have been plunged anew into a debate over whether face coverings should be optional or a mandate when schools reopen

The CDC is warning consumers not to taste or eat raw cake batter, whether it’s homemade or from a mix, because it could contain harmful bacteria.

Tenants who are months behind on rent now face the end to a federal eviction moratorium Saturday.

A national eviction moratorium is set to expire after President Joe Biden and Congress failed to extend it

Findings from the investigation into the Provincetown COVID-19 outbreak helped formulate the CDC’s decision to recommend that all Americans, even if they are vaccinated, wear masks indoors, according to an internal report by the agency. An internal CDC document obtained by NBC News cites preliminary data suggesting that the delta variant is as contagious as the chickenpox, and even...

The delta variant of COVID-19 is as infectious as chickenpox, the CDC says.

The cluster of COVID-19 cases in Provincetown directly impacted the CDC’s new guidance on wearing masks.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker spoke on Friday as COVID-19 cases in the state continue to rise and residents received new mask guidance for fully vaccinated people. Also Friday, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education strongly recommended students in sixth grade and below wear masks indoors when classes begin in the fall. “We will continue to double down to protect…

After new guidance was issued for children in schools and people who’ve been fully vaccinated in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker explained why the moves were made.

New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus.

An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slide presentation argues that “the war has changed” against COVID-19.

Experts say that the focus should be on preventing severe cases of COVID-19.

The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday

People in Maine are trying to make sense of the new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indoor mask recommendations echoed by the state during a news briefing Wednesday afternoon. At the time, the state was emphasizing that the federal health regulator had labelled York and Piscataquis counties as having “substantial” COVID-19 transmission, recommending that people there wear...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update their mask guidelines on Tuesday, July 27, in light of surges of hyper-contagious delta variant. The CDC now recommends both unvaccinated and vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in public settings.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Kim Janey are reviewing new mask guidelines from the CDC that recommend fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the country where COVID cases are high due to the Delta variant.

The Department of Defense has directed all individuals to wear masks when they are indoors at DOD installations located in parts of the country that have ‘substantial or high community transmission.’

Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

Gov. Chris Sununu said New Hampshire will not be issuing new mask guidance following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas where COVID-19 transmission is substantial or high. Four of New Hampshire’s 10 counties and the city of Nashua are experiencing moderate transmission, while the rest of the state…

The CDC recommended that fully vaccinated people and school-age kids begin wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid transmission rates.