Face masks can help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Learn about mask types, which masks to use and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors still suggest masking up in places like your local grocery store if COVID-19 cases are high in your area. (Getty Images) ...

Wearing face masks may not have lowered the risk of COVID infection after the first Omicron wave, new research has shown. But that does not mean that face masks aren't useful, regardless. The wearing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. The CDC has just changed its assessment of Covid-19 risks from saying ...

Has your COVID-era mask been a constant companion or is it collecting dust? Americans’ relationship with masking has been fraught (and politicized) since the beginning of the pandemic, a time when ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted at COVID-19, including an official end to a pandemic-era ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Commuters, some wearing masks, wait for the subway in New York, ...