Face Masks

During a coronavirus task force press briefing on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci outlined the steps that could bring the pandemic to an end. “Control will mean not eradication, like we did with smallpox— that’s unreasonable. Not necessarily elimination, like we’ve done with polio and measles by mass vaccination campaigns. But a level of control that does not disrupt us in...

Pharmacies and health centers around the country have begun distributing the first of the 400 million N95 masks the White House is sending out to combat the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19.

President Joe Biden detailed Thursday his administration’s efforts to double its procurement of rapid COVID-19 tests and make high-quality masks available for free as coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide.

As the Omicron surge continues across the country, experts recommend upgrading your face mask.

As the Omicron surge continues across the country, experts recommend upgrading your face mask. If you are relying on a homemade or cloth face covering, it might be time to reconsider. “The idea of face coverings is really old-fashioned. Quite honestly, it was not even good enough for the original virus,” said Dr. Paulo Verardi, an associate professor of virology…

COVID hospitalizations in New York are up 92% in the last month alone and daily deaths are at their highest levels in well more than a half-year.

The order requiring masks on public transportation including buses, trains and planes is currently set to expire on Jan. 18.

The security guard was stabbed on his left arm and forehead by a man he didn’t know, according to New York City police.

A Dallas-area couple says they were recently asked by a restaurant to either take off their face masks or leave the establishment.

Since last Thursday, New Haven’s Health Department Task Force has made 88 unannounced visits to ensure mask mandate compliance.

The mayor and health director in New Haven went to some businesses Tuesday to make sure they are complying with the city’s indoor mask mandate.

New Haven will begin imposing fines on establishments repeatedly found violating the city’s indoor mask mandate.

It’s back to school with backpacks, notebooks and fresh face masks for New York’s students, faculty and staff following an official order from the state’s Department of Health.

Gov. Kathy Hochul directed New York state’s Department of Health to institute universal masking for “anyone entering our schools” on Day 1 in office and said new vaccine requirements for New Yorkers would be “coming soon.” In her first public address as the 57th governor of New York, the first woman to helm the state in its history also made…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo held fast to his insistence he had done nothing wrong in his final address to New Yorkers as he resigns amid a sexual harassment scandal, pledging the “truth” is still to come even as he endorsed his successor. The Democrat has at every turn personally and through his outside counsel eviscerated both the full account of the…

The 38 member municipalities of the Capital Region Council of Governments called on Gov. Lamont Thursday to issue a statewide mask mandate.

There’s not even a month left before school returns — with no remote learning option — in New York City. And with COVID-related hospital admissions among kids — and adults — soaring, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, which is made up of 22 cities and towns, sent a letter to Gov. Lamont Wednesday asking him to institute a statewide indoor mask mandate.

Gov. Ned Lamont said students in K-12 will have to wear masks for at least the first month of the school year, but some parents are prepared to protest the measure.