The world bought 928 billion face masks at a cost of $389 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recently compiled data. With a global population of 8 billion, that means about 116 masks ...

All of the nation’s 500 largest school districts have gotten rid of their student mask mandates — after the last holdout, Newark, New Jersey, scrapped the requirement, new data shows. The Garden State ...

Kim Iversen breaks down the latest Covid data in cities where mask mandates have been reinstated. According to the CDC layered prevention strategies — like staying up to date on vaccines and wearing ...

In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive 'duckbill' N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infected people from ...

Unfazed by data, scientific research, or common sense, the maskaholics are back. In response to an uptick in Covid cases, they’ve begun reinstating mask mandates. So far, it’s just a few places—a ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's office asked the state health department to analyze data on mask effectiveness, according to the Missouri Independent and the Documenting COVID-19 project. The data showed ...