mask guidelines

Most Americans are safe without wearing a mask in indoor settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday as it issued new mask metrics and recommendations. The new guidance puts approximately 70% of the nation’s counties at low or medium risk for COVID, meaning masks are no longer necessary there. The agency is still advising people to wear…

Here’s what we know of the guidance so far.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention outlined new measures for communities where COVID cases are dropping on Friday, meaning healthy people in these areas can take a break from wearing masks

Pitchfork Music Festival, slated to take place in Chicago next month, has updated its guidelines to require attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter. 

Organizers of the 168-year-old tradition are emphasizing safety measures to thwart the transmission of the persistent and potentially deadly virus.

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.

Will entering Phase 5 lift masking guidelines in Illinois and Chicago? The answer is not entirely, but it does bring with it some changes.

The mother of a 10-year-old Naperville girl says her daughter’s school bus driver recently kicked her off the bus, forcing the young girl to walk home, all because she forgot a mask. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

The single mother of a 10-year-old Naperville girl says her daughter’s school bus driver recently kicked her off the bus, forcing the young girl to walk home, all because she forgot a mask.

In wake of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance that states fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear face masks, some religious communities are trying to determine what works best for their congregations.

In wake of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance that states fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear face masks, some religious communities are trying to determine what works best for their congregations. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The CDC revised its guidelines on Thursday, saying that vaccinated individuals should not be required to wear masks in indoor and outdoor settings, with some exceptions.

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control made a stunning announcement that Americans who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear a mask or socially distance indoors. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports

Federal health officials on Tuesday issued new guidance on mask-wearing as more and more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 every day. So where should you still wear a mask or face covering?

The CDC is expected to unveil new guidance on mask wearing outdoors Tuesday. Sandra Torres reports.