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With vaccines now available for children as young as 5, some school districts are easing up on their mask policies.

The board of health of the largest nurses’ union in Massachusetts has issued a statewide recommendation for indoor masking until at least March.

After an outcry, the multiplex chain said it will require face coverings for guests in all of its theaters reopening in July. Earlier plans mandated masks only for staff and where laws required them.

Some states have been lifting indoor masking requirements and allowing individual businesses to set their own policies. In New York City, that's causing confusion and fatigue with COVID protocols.

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy is warning if COVID-19 numbers continue to increase, the Democrat will again impose mandates.

The Omicron subvariant BA.2 now accounts for 75 percent of new COVID cases in the U.S.

The Nobel laureate died Monday at 88. Terry Gross talked with Morrison in 1987 after she wrote Beloved, in 1992 after she authored Jazz and in 2015 when she published God Help the Child.

Because face masks and other precautions have become a subject of contention in the U.S., the restaurant chain says it will help employees get "de-escalation training."

Even as mask mandates on transportation and public spaces are being lifted, some folks still want to mask up to reduce the risk of a coronavirus infection. Here's a guide to one-way masking.

The matter of masks on planes has led to some contentious moments — and serious consequences. Is it legal to ban a passenger from flying for violating a mask mandate?