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

A new review of mask studies is generating buzz about whether masks work to prevent COVID. The review doesn't draw any major conclusions — but people are using it to say mask mandates failed. Mask ...

The short answer is that the evidence remains surprisingly weak. Studies conducted before the COVID pandemic generally found ...

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.

This week marks five years since March 13, 2020, the day President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency over the novel coronavirus outbreak. The White House issued the President's ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Another COVID summer lies ahead, different from the last two in that masking is elective but still a high-stakes choice in some situations. Masks work - mask mandates do not ...

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 ...

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, ...

I remember how it felt to wear a mask for the first time to the grocery store. After weeks of doing everything possible to avoid coming into contact with people (and holding my breath whenever someone ...

Note: A special thanks to my colleague Jennifer McClinton-Temple for inspiring, researching, and helping me write this article. The science is clear: we know masks work. But with adults throwing ...

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