With one exception, every gold standard study of masks in community settings has failed to find that they slow the spread of contagious respiratory diseases. The outlier is a widely cited study run in ...

DR. MARTY MAKARY: The cloth masks did really nothing to reduce transmission. But what they did do is stunt child development, and people are seeing through it now. They're seeing the kids. They're not ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Throughout the pandemic health officials have urged that mask-wearing and getting vaccinated are the two biggest weapons in the fight against the pandemic. While it’s ...

Unfazed by data, scientific research, or common sense, the maskaholics are back. In response to an uptick in Covid cases, they’ve begun reinstating mask mandates. So far, it’s just a few places—a ...

Kim Iversen breaks down the latest Covid data in cities where mask mandates have been reinstated. According to the CDC layered prevention strategies — like staying up to date on vaccines and wearing ...

In early June, during an uptick in COVID-19 cases, Alameda County was the only Bay Area county to bring back an indoor mask mandate. At the time, county Health Officer Dr. Nicholas Moss said, “Putting ...