Public health experts said Thursday that Nassau County’s newly enacted ban on wearing masks in public could pose problems for people with a vast range of medical conditions as COVID-19 cases are ...

This is the sixth in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowds of anti-Trump protesters gathered at the intersection of Matthews Drive and William Hilton Parkway on June 14, 2025. Many ...

As the nation enters respiratory virus season, mask mandate policies in healthcare settings are all over the map. In California's San Francisco Bay Area, county public health agencies next door to ...

Last week, a mask ban in Nassau County, New York was signed into law. If I lived just 60 miles east of my New Jersey town, I would be under threat of a fine or jail time every time I left the house. I ...

Lawmakers in Nassau County, N.Y., have enacted a law that prohibits the use of masks or facial coverings in public. While the law includes exemptions for medical reasons, critics of the ban argue it ...

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by ...

Most states are adjusting mask mandates and policies after the CDC updated its guidelines May 13. Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks or follow social ...

Lawmakers in a suburban New York county approved a bill to ban masks in public spaces, saying concealing your identity is a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to a year of jail time and a $1,000 ...

The North Carolina State Senate on Wednesday voted 30–15, along party lines, in favor of a Republican bill that would make it illegal for people in the state to wear a mask in public for health ...

Four people were arrested at Beaufort County's "No Kings" rallies last Saturday - all for wearing face coverings. Under South Carolina law, no person over the age of 16 may appear in a public setting ...