Masks

The medical center in Plattsburgh has reinstated a requirement that visitors and patients wear masks.

The Southern Berkshire Regional School District has sent out a warning that COVID-19 rates are sharply increasing among faculty and staff.

The Albany County Department of Health is once again advising indoor mask-wearing as guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control show Albany County as "high" in both community level and transmission rate of COVID-19.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott outlined measures the state will take to stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

New York lifted the statewide mask requirement for schools on Wednesday. But many colleges are keeping mask mandates in place for now.

With COVID-19 cases on the decline, New York’s school mask mandate will end on Wednesday.

A Siena College poll finds that the majority of New Yorkers support Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to continue the COVID-19 mask mandate for school children until early March. But the data shows that reaction to policies over COVID-related restrictions is more complicated than that.

During his weekly briefing Tuesday, Vermont Governor Phil Scott and his cabinet announced a plan to end masking in schools.

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

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Berkshire County heading into the holidays, legislators are expressing frustration with the lack of a statewide masking mandate from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.