face masks

The news of several potential coronavirus vaccines offers hope for the end of the pandemic, but experts caution that we may still be wearing masks and employing other guidelines, like social distancing, for at least another year.

A lot of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus comes down to a seemingly simple concept: Wearing a mask.

NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker breaks down a UCLA study that says wearing a cloth mask can reduce droplet transmission up to 77% and is the best way to keeps ourselves and others safe from contracting COVID-19.

A man who refused to wear a face mask at an early voting site in Maryland was arrested Tuesday and faces misdemeanor charges, officials say.  Daniel Swain, 52, was charged with trespassing and failure to comply with a health emergency after an incident in Jarrettsville, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.  Harford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday it’s “perfectly acceptable” for grocery stores to turn away customers who refuse to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic. One day earlier, Pritzker announced starting May 1, residents will be required to wear face coverings in public spaces where social distancing of 6 feet or more isn’t possible. The order applies to anyone...

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.

Twitter has blocked a post from an adviser to President Donald Trump who suggested that masks do not work to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday urged Americans to wear masks to fight the coronavirus that put him in intensive care for seven days, and warned the virus is “something to take very seriously.”

A New York bar patron accused of shoving an 80-year-old, who later died, during a confrontation about the need to wear a mask has pleaded not guilty to criminally negligent homicide.

A passenger was escorted off an Allegiant flight departing Mesa, Arizona, after getting into a fight with another passenger. The altercation began when a man who was wearing a face shield was told he needed to wear a face mask, according to a witness.

The same measures that are recommended for reducing the spread of the coronavirus, including social distancing, frequent hand washing and wearing face masks, may also help limit the impact of cold and flu season.

White House officials say the United States has all the medical supplies needed to battle COVID-19, but health care workers, hospital officials and even the FDA say that’s not the case.

President Donald Trump urged Americans Friday to do their part to curb the spread of COVID-19 over the Labor Day weekend. “We need everybody to be careful,” he said. “Social distancing, wearing a mask whenever the distancing is not possible. Wash your hands.”

“Supernanny” is back with an all new season and star Jo Frost is sharing details about how the show will be focusing on the entire family this time around. She also shares tips for parents on how to get kids to wear their face masks.

Two Wisconsin high school seniors petitioned for mandatory use of face masks after learning coverings had not been enforced at their school. Ava Rheeve and Julia Going joined NBCLX to talk about their successful campaign to change their school’s policy.

The struggle is real.Beauty influencer Roxette Arisa on the dilemma faced by many women… do you really want to wear makeup when your face is covered with a mask?

Dr. Deborah Birx urged Americans to wear face masks even when visiting friends and family in private. “We find that when people gather together in private, as family members and neighbors, they make assumptions that there couldn’t be anybody that has infection there,” she said.

Anyone entering a Illinois courthouse should be wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to an Illinois Supreme Court order. The state’s highest court issued an order Thursday including face masks in its rules governing who is admitted into courthouses “in the interests of the health and safety of all court users, staff, and judicial...

AAA Auto group and the Illinois State Police are reminding drivers not to use their rear view mirror to store face masks amid the pandemic. As the coronavirus crisis continues, many people have been found oftentimes hanging several face masks on their rear view mirror. And while doing do could lead to a citation, hanging any object from the mirror…

Robert O’Neill posted a selfie showing himself, with no mask, on a Delta Connection flight Wednesday from Minneapolis to Newark, a violation of Delta’s policy that requires mask-wearing while on board