Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)At least three major U.S. airlines are preparing to welcome back unruly customers who were placed on no-fly lists for refusing to wear masks. The rapid reversal comes just days after a district judge…

Passengers stroll through San Francisco International Airport April 19, the day after a federal judge shot down the CDC’s mask mandate on public transportation.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)You’re not alone if you’re feeling…

Hospital systems across the country have issued mixed responses to Monday’s federal ruling. A number of hospital and nursing home chainshave announced that they will continue to require masks for visitors.For instance, United Health…

Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images)Both Uber and Lyft announced Tuesday they were nixing their mask requirements for both drivers and passengers.The ride-hailing companies will no longer require masks for either…

First there was “Florida Man,”now there’s Florida Judge. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a U.S. District Judge in Tampa ruled on Monday that the Centers for Disease Control’s current national requirement that masks be worn on airplanes and…

Photo: Ollie Millington (Getty Images)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly gearing up to lift recommendations for mask-wearing. The exact revisions to the guidance are still unclear, but the Associated Press…

Lunar New Year at Disney’s California Adventure back in January.Image: Christian Thompson/Disneyland ResortIn June of last year, Disney Parks in the United States made masks optional in outdoor areas for vaccinated guests. That changed…

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a mask as he gives remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images)Roughly 400 million high-quality N95 masks will be made…

Face masks are only effective as long as they provide a proper fit around the wearer’s mouth and nose, so to help ensure a mask is always doing its job properly, even at the end of a long shift, engineers at Northwestern University have…

President Joe Biden removes a high-quality mask before speaking at the Atlanta University Center Consortium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 11, 2022.Photo: Jim Watson / AFP (Getty Images)An unnamed senior official at the White House has…