When schools go mask optional, the protection you get from a face covering drops off significantly, especially for disposable and cloth masks. This is why the experts are stressing vaccination. When ...

What changed in the CDC guidelines? The CDC currently recommends that you “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.” The question, then, is what type ...

LAUSD will no longer allow cloth masks to be worn as part of its district-wide mask regulations, requiring higher grade masks with wire nose bridges. The requirement applies to both students and staff ...

WASHINGTON — We’ve already been through two winters with COVID-19, but this year, we have three viruses on our minds: COVID-19, the flu, and RSV. The numbers are up, and Rochelle Walensky, director of ...

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is about to get even stricter with its COVID-19 mitigation requirements: The country's second-largest public school district will force students to wear non ...

In this delta variant summer, Joan Rohde is masking up — again. "Delta came and we have a grandson now who’s 4 months old, and we want to protect him," Rohde, from North Oaks, says. "Actually the ...

Many people have multiple masks that they swap out while venturing out of their homes, but regardless of the number, it's important to keep your masks clean and yourself safe. One way to do that is to ...

This story originally appeared on 6abc. Temple University students can no longer only wear cloth masks as they return to in-person classes on Monday. Students had been learning virtually for the first ...

Along with social distancing, wearing a face mask is one of the best tools we have for fighting COVID-19. Because of the low supply of medical-grade masks, many people have turned to cloth masks that ...