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Health officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are urging Americans to wear face masks in public. NPR looks into several reasons people give for not wearing masks.

"Be better at everything. Be better fathers, good lord," the first lady said at the United State of Women summit.

(04/21/22 @ 1 p.m.) An encore interview today. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Joshua Rubenstein, Author of Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life.

After Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the statewide mask requirement in schools will be lifted on Wednesday, districts are getting ready.

(Airs 03/10/22 @ 1p.m.) WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Mariana Figueiro Director of the Light and Health Research Center/Icahn School of Medicine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director and the president's chief medical adviser, about the CDC's new mask guidance and potential vaccine mandates.

A new $163 million school grant program, created with federal COVID-19 relief funds, is open to schools that are adhering to "all state laws," referring to a recent order

Nearly 4,000 incidents of disruptive behavior have been logged on planes this year, according to the FAA.

As fears of coronavirus spread, so does price gouging for masks, which are in limited supply.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says he has questions about Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to reinstate a pre-pandemic ban on people wearing masks in public.