With COVID-19 still spreading widely within the community due to the Omicron variant, there has been a renewed focus on the types of masks being used by the general public.

There have been growing calls from some public health experts and politicians for high-grade FFP2 medical or respir

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For the first time in months, Marylanders were able to go to a state-run COVID-19 testing site for something other than a test -- hundreds received medical-grade face masks Friday.

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Including safe, effective options for kids.

With COVID-19 cases continuing to ebb and flow across the country, you might be thinking abo

Since the beginning of the pandemic, demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks, has soared to unprecedented levels. The United Nations has forecasted the demand for surgical masks alone to be in the region of 2.4 billion in 2020.  

UNICEF has been working closely w

The health department says all individuals, regardless of vaccination status or past infection, should wear a mask when indoors and in a public setting.

The health department says all individuals, regardless of vaccination status or past infection, should wear a mask when indoors and i

Capacity restrictions in Abu Dhabi ended today. 

All business activities, tourist attractions and events in the city and eponymous emirate can now return to 100% operating capacity. However, the wearing of face masks will still be required indoors, the Abu Dhabi Government Media Office

Your cloth face mask isn't protecting you against the coronavirus variant omicron, health officials say. 

As common as cloth face masks have become, health experts say, they do little to prevent tiny virus particles from getting into your nose or mouth and aren't effective against th

Former Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after being sentenced in his bribery case on May 25, 2022. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Saying he needed to send a message on the cost of public corruption, a federal judge on Wednesday se

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A branch of the Department of Homeland Security found no evidence that Dominion voting machines were exploited during elections, including in 2020, according to The Washington Post. But CISA—the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—is also warning

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New York City is headed toward a “high” risk designation for COVID-19 transmission — even as hospitalizations and deaths remain relatively low, city officials announced Monday.

A City Hall press release is