SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Another COVID summer lies ahead, different from the last two in that masking is elective but still a high-stakes choice in some situations. Masks work - mask mandates do not ...

The use of masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has been controversial almost since the beginning of the pandemic, two years ago. The U.S. Surgeon General made a huge early blunder, in February of ...

A new review of mask studies is generating buzz about whether masks work to prevent COVID. The review doesn't draw any major conclusions — but people are using it to say mask mandates failed. Mask ...

Masks are the most visible reminders that we are still in a pandemic, and the debate over their use and other public health measures has been present since March 2020, largely along partisan lines.

Faces come in many shapes and sizes, unlike most face masks. As a result, many people struggle to find a mask that fits properly, particularly when using the highest quality options available: ...

A look back on the health lessons we learned from the pandemic. (Getty Images) This month marks the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. During the months on ...

On March 28, 2020, as Covid-19 cases began to shut down public life in much of the United States, then-Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued an advisory on Twitter: The general public should not wear ...

Starting Monday, it’ll be up to individual districts and private schools to decide about masks. Masks help prevent the spread of Covid. That’s basic science. But what about mask mandates in schools, ...