The mask debate has taken an entirely new form in 2024. Politicians in California, New York and North Carolina, who once championed masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, are now looking to ban them ...

Masks provide protection from COVID-19, says a new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. “Masking in the community to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that ...

Doctors still suggest masking up in places like your local grocery store if COVID-19 cases are high in your area. (Getty Images) There has been a summer COVID-19 wave ever since the pandemic began — ...

While Covid-19 rates have been increasing throughout much of the country, the message from many of our public health and political leaders has become one of minimizing and denial. This is happening ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of orange and black smoke into the sky in Conyers, Georgia, about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta. Since then, many residents in the area ...

There’s no quicker way to ruin a vacation than getting sick, and travelers should be wary of catching a respiratory virus during their journeys. It could end up as just the common cold, or be ...

The detection of new COVID-19 variants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 in several states of India has resulted in an increase in active cases for the country. Preventative healthcare professionals are strongly ...

As Covid-19 and influenza-related hospitalizations have continued to rise, hospitals in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin have reinstituted ...

Hospitals in areas across the U.S. have reintroduced mask mandates to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses. City hospitals in New York City have reinstated masks after data ...

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by ...

The Tour de France has reintroduced protective measures against COVID-19, with race organisation, media and guests now required to wear masks wherever they come into contact with riders and team staff ...