Mask Mandates

Last month, a federal judge in Florida struck down a government requirement for masking in public transportation. The Justice Department is appealing the decision. 

Many travelers rejoiced when mask mandates were abruptly lifted on airplanes and other transportation systems around the country by a federal judge on Monday. But don’t leave that mask at home when you travel just yet, advises Dr. John Torres.

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation.

Mask wearing is now optional at the airport and on flights, but it’s not like that everywhere. Here’s what you need to know.

Airline mask mandates are no longer in effect — and some plane passengers received that news with cheers in the middle of their flights. Watch the video here.

Uber and Lyft will no longer require masks for drivers and riders, the company announced Tuesday.

A decision by a federal judge in Florida to throw out a national mask mandate in public transportation across the U.S. created a patchwork of rules Monday that vary by city and mode of transit.

For the remainder of the semester, students and staff are required to wear a mask for all indoor instructional settings, and events exceeding 100 people.

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials

The CDC announced Wednesday that it was extending the national mask requirement for public transportation systems through May 3 as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country.

The Biden administration has announced it will extend through May 3 the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

The Transportation Security Administration is extending the mask mandate on public transportation until April 18.

Students said they have been waiting for the day they would be able to take their masks off in the classroom. That day has finally come.

For the first time in a long time, many students and teachers in the state will not have to wear a face mask as the mandate is dropped.

Police in Canada say they have made more than 100 arrests and progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions

Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada’s capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns Thursday, even as police arrested two protest leaders and threatened to break up the nearly three-week protest.

Police in Canada’s capital are telling protesting truckers who have paralyzed the city for more than two weeks that it’s time to leave

There’s a shifting narrative on COVID-19 restrictions across the country among Democratic officials and candidates

Authorities say a man who wanted to join the protests in Canada’s capital over mask mandates called in a bomb threat but called the wrong Ottawa.

Students from across the state are speaking at the Capitol to tell their stories about having to wear masks in schools. These students are urging legislators to end the mask mandate.