Amid a shortage of medical-grade masks, federal guidelines now recommend everyone wear face coverings out in public. Here's ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has responded to speculation that it may be considering the return of mask mandates amid a rise in coronavirus infections linked to the emergence ...

WASHINGTON -- The CDC says it plans to update its mask "information" to "best reflect the multiple options available to people and the different levels of protection they provide." At Wednesday's ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Centers for Disease Control loosened its mask guidance Tuesday, saying vaccinated Americans don't need to wear face coverings outdoors unless they're in a crowd. Even ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance that recent studies have indicated that cloth masks offer more protection against the coronavirus than previously thought. Previous ...

When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its new mask guidance last week, it didn't include guidance to vaccinated parents who have unvaccinated children, leaving many parents ...

After questioning the value of general mask wearing early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided the practice was so demonstrably effective that it should be ...