Healthcare facilities nationwide are grappling with conflicting CDC guidelines on masking amid the pandemic, resulting in a patchwork of policies and practices, Politico reported April 5. Some ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a major shift, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that it’s easing its indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people. At a White ...

“Get vaccinated, wear a mask” appears to be the anthem of this spring, but over a year after COVID-19 first arrived in the United States, an increasing number of people are starting to question the ...

WASHINGTON -- New mask guidance for vaccinated individuals does not grant permission for widespread removal of masks, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Department of Public Health issued new guidance concerning the use of masks in suburban schools Wednesday. The department now recommends Cook County schools fall in ...

To guide the updates, it relied on new reviews of the medical literature conducted by the CDC. One of those reviews concluded that surgical masks were just as effective at preventing respiratory ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) - Six of New York's county executives called Sunday for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to update the state's COVID-19 protocols in accord with new federal guidelines that ease rules for fully ...

Newly released survey findings from National Nurses United indicate a significant proportion of hospital nurses don’t have regular access to N95s or other types of respirators, a situation the ...

Media outlets have covered Covid-19 safety protocols for more than a year now. But with new CDC mask guidelines in place, newsrooms are shifting tones when it comes to reporting on the pandemic. Media ...

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.Gone are mandated isolation periods and ...

(CNN) — Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine ...