coronavirus masks

After a judge in Florida overturned a federal mask mandate on public transit and in airports, Chicago officials announced Tuesday that facial coverings will no longer be required at the city’s airports.

Here’s a look at which major U.S. airlines are lifting their mask mandates for domestic flights.

Target will no longer require its staff and shoppers to wear masks inside its store as a matter of corporate policy.

Yes, it’s time to step it up to an N95 or K95 if you can, but bottom line is any mask is better than no mask, experts say

As new studies appear and updated guidance is issued, health experts broke down the best way to wear a face covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

As omicron COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain high across the U.S., health officials broke down how to best wear a face covering in order to prevent contracting the virus. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

As omicron COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain high across the U.S., health officials broke down how to best wear a face covering in order to prevent contracting the virus.

Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady discussed what to know about various mask options—cloth, surgical, KN95, and N95— and which mask you should be wearing.

Illinois’ reinstated mask mandate takes effect Monday, requiring residents over the age of 2 to wear face coverings in indoor settings.

Across the country, more anti-vaccine and anti-mask demonstrations are taking scary and violent turns

With the city of Chicago reporting more than 400 new cases of coronavirus per day, health officials have reinstituted a mask mandate for all residents age 2 and older, regardless of a person’s COVID vaccination status.

Reaction came fast and furious from across the city of Chicago Tuesday after health officials announced that a mask mandate will once again be imposed in indoor public settings, with business owners and customers now having to make adjustments amid rising coronavirus cases.

Several suburban school districts are weighing their options, debating whether to mandate mask-wearing for the coming year. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has more on the sometimes-contentious meetings.

The Chicago-based music festival Lollapalooza will be requiring attendees to wear masks in any indoor spaces beginning Saturday.

Several Illinois counties are seeing significant surges in COVID cases, and fall under new parameters set by the CDC that would recommend that vaccinated residents wear masks indoors. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has more details.

Several counties in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana fall into the “substantial” or “high” transmission categories that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established to help determine whether it would recommend fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks in indoor spaces.

In which areas is the CDC recommending people wear masks indoors? The agency points to its COVID-19 data tracker showing levels of community transmission for each county in the U.S.

Illinois and Chicago officials have separately commented on the future of masks in the city and state as more mandates return across the U.S.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is “fully adopting” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated masking guidance, the state’s health department said Tuesday, recommending that fully vaccinated people begin wearing masks indoors again in places with substantial and high transmission.

After months of decline, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois recently doubled in a period of nine days.