Face masks

President Joe Biden detailed Thursday his administration’s efforts to double its procurement of rapid COVID-19 tests and make high-quality masks available for free as coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide.

Experts say cloth masks just don’t provide the same level protection against omicron than higher quality masks, but the CDC has said it will not change its guidance at this point.

Thousands of riders taking the T on Thursday are set to get gift cards to Dunkin’, the beloved coffee chain and the MBTA said. They are planning to distribute thousands of $5 Dunkin’ gift cards at some T stops. A news release didn’t reveal which stops the gift cards would be given out at. Dunkin’ is funding the move as…

The order requiring masks on public transportation including buses, trains and planes is currently set to expire on Jan. 18.

The security guard was stabbed on his left arm and forehead by a man he didn’t know, according to New York City police.

A Dallas-area couple says they were recently asked by a restaurant to either take off their face masks or leave the establishment.

Gov. Kathy Hochul directed New York state’s Department of Health to institute universal masking for “anyone entering our schools” on Day 1 in office and said new vaccine requirements for New Yorkers would be “coming soon.” In her first public address as the 57th governor of New York, the first woman to helm the state in its history also made…

There’s not even a month left before school returns — with no remote learning option — in New York City. And with COVID-related hospital admissions among kids — and adults — soaring, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The federal mask mandate for transportation is set to expire Sept. 13.

YouTube has suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days after the Kentucky Republican posted a misleading video suggesting face masks don’t prevent infection by COVID-19.

Face coverings in school are a hot-button issue as Massachusetts school districts grapple with tough decisions. “We’re at restaurants now without masks so I feel like kids should definitely be able to breathe freely and be like normal kids again,” said Milford parent Emily Rhames. Some school districts like Boston have already decided that masks will be required in...

In many communities, students will be wearing masks, but there’s no statewide mandate.

Schools have begun reopening in the U.S. with most states leaving it up to local schools to decide whether to require masks.

Beginning this weekend at Watkins Glen International, NASCAR will require all personnel to wear a face mask in enclosed areas at all times, regardless of vaccination status.

Look, we get it. COVID-19 stole a year from all of our lives, and just when we thought we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, the virus mutated several times. And now the newest variant has companies delaying a return to offices and some municipalities considering mask mandates.  In the words of baseball legend Yogi Berra,...

The public may be tired of shifting guidance from the CDC about wearing face masks, but Dr. Anthony Fauci says the latest change wasn’t made arbitrarily. Rather, it was forced by the Delta variant. “It isn’t that they decided in a vacuum to flip-flop — the virus changed,” he explained in an interview with LX News Now host Eric Alvarez....

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

Raven Saunders is already a shot put record-breaker, but the 25-year-old track and field star is now a wave-maker with her Joker-themed face masks and brightly colored hair. And like Simone Biles, Saunders has stepped away from competition in the past to focus on mental health. Here are five things to know about Team USA’s Raven Saunders.

The governors of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday publicly backed the idea of indoor masking for vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas, but stopped short of mandating it yet. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his administration is reviewing the CDC’s new indoor face mask guidance for fully vaccinated people with federal and state health experts....

The masks Team USA athletes are wearing at the Tokyo Olympics are proving to be the “Bane” of fans’ existence.