(AP) – Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease ...

The CDC is now recommending “universal mask use” both indoors and outdoors whenever someone is not at their own home. This is the first time the agency has included indoor spaces in their ...

Under the new metrics, more than half of U.S. counties, which make up about three-fourths of where Americans live, are now considered to be at "low" or "medium" risk because of a reduced number of new ...

This week has brought a few dizzying updates to the year-long school-reopening story. In a surprise move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 safety guidance, telling ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday announced new national guidelines for wearing face masks in public spaces, stating that most people in the U.S. no longer have to wear ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the ...

President Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for wearing masks outdoors, three people familiar with the expected ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. A woman wearing a face mask walks through a NJ Transit turnstile at a subway station in New York City on Jan. 11, 2024. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. On March 1 ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The Biden administration is not yet ready to change its rules on mask wearing. On Wednesday, the White House COVID-19 Response Team said it is still assessing public data to ...