Autistic masking may be an evolved survival response to social risk: useful for belonging, but costly when sustained over a ...

Mask use has dropped significantly in the U.S., according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll (Photo illustration: Jared Bartmen for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) Masking has been a contentious topic ...

Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too. In recent weeks, state and local governments have been ramping up their ...

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 ...

In the last several years, masks have been recognized as a crucial tool in safeguarding public health, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with the chaos of public rioting across ...

Masks are still hot topic in our country and can elicit some very passionate responses either way. As a family, we are still often wearing masks when we go out doing things like running errands or ...

Accountability and privacy are on a collision course that raises the stakes for the role of face-covering in modern life. By Vanessa Friedman Lately it seems almost impossible to look at a news feed ...

As three new COVID-19 variants are spreading across the country, many people are wondering: Are masks coming back? While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not announced new mask ...

If you've been to a hospital lately, you might have noticed: masks are back. The rising number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is prompting many health care systems—including those at the University of ...