A new gold-standard review of mask studies suggests we don't know much about how well masks work. Don't be fooled.

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

The use of masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has been controversial almost since the beginning of the pandemic, two years ago. The U.S. Surgeon General made a huge early blunder, in February of ...

So masks don’t work after all? That’s the conclusion many conservatives took from a comprehensive analysis of the use of masks to prevent the spread of respiratory infections such as COVID-19 — and it ...

Faces come in many shapes and sizes, unlike most face masks. As a result, many people struggle to find a mask that fits properly, particularly when using the highest quality options available: ...

Starting Monday, it’ll be up to individual districts and private schools to decide about masks. Masks help prevent the spread of Covid. That’s basic science. But what about mask mandates in schools, ...

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.

SAN FRANCISCO-- There are no control trial scientific studies showing mask mandates for a populace, let alone school children, significantly slow the spread of COVID-19. That's the position of several ...

On March 28, 2020, as Covid-19 cases began to shut down public life in much of the United States, then-Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued an advisory on Twitter: The general public should not wear ...

A letter from top-level doctors and researchers arguing against the effectiveness of indoor mask mandates, along with pushback from health departments, cities and business groups, possibly played a ...

In early June, during an uptick in COVID-19 cases, Alameda County was the only Bay Area county to bring back an indoor mask mandate. At the time, county Health Officer Dr. Nicholas Moss said, “Putting ...