The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported.

Last year's flu season was the lowest on record, probably because COVID-19 measures — such as school closures, distancing, masks and canceled travel —

Thank you, Mayor Wu, for choosing public health over fear and superstition by requiring proof of vaccination for indoor venues. Please don’t stop there. Distribute free rapid tests, stay the course on masking, and continue to learn from the mistakes we have made since the first outbreak in

NEW YORK — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, tol

Dec. 29, 2021 -- Are you still wearing a cloth face mask?

Amid the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, experts stress that we all should swap cloth masks for N95 respirators or 3-ply surgical masks.

For background: N95 respirators are tightly fitting masks that cover your mouth an

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's current recommendation is

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It’s probably time to update your mask.

With the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreading fast, health experts recommend not only wearing your mask more, but upgrading to a N95 or other high-filtration mask or respirator when you are indoors in public places, according to a recent NPR repor

The pandemic has made us all the more cautious and alert about our health and wellness. For things to go back to normal, it is vital that we continue taking precautions and mask up as soon as we step out of our house. Hence, we have curated a special list of products; masks to be precise, that

Companies selling personal hygiene products such as protective masks may face fines of up to 1 million euros if found to be profiteering, the General Secretariat for Commerce and Consumer Protection announced on Monday. This follows a series of sudden price hikes for FFP2 face masks between De

Year ender 2021: We walked to 2021 with coronavirus in the kitty and the number of cases rising. While the ray of hope made its way to us through the declaration of vaccines, wearing the face mask and maintaining the social distance became a necessity. As we round off another year while being