Mask Or No Mask? That Depends Where You Live
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says vaccinated people still must follow existing state, local or tribal laws on masks and social distancing.
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CDC: Fully Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Masks Indoors, Outdoors
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fully vaccinated people against COVID-19 can resume activities indoors or outdoors, in gatherings large or small, without masks or distancing.
A Principal And His Tape Measure: Schools Are Helping Do COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Struggling to keep up with a COVID-19 surge in Michigan, overwhelmed local health departments turned to schools, and recruited principals and teachers as supplemental contact tracers.
Is It Legal For Employers To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations?
Employers are wrestling with a new set of thorny legal issues as they consider whether to mandate vaccination for employees returning to the workplace.
How Do We Know Whether People Without Masks Indoors Are Vaccinated?
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, about the CDC's new mask guidelines for people vaccinated against COVID-19.
News Brief: New Mask Guidance, Middle East Violence, Afghans See U.S. Visas
The CDC says fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks. Casualties increase in the conflict between Hamas and Israel. Thousands of Afghans who worked for the U.S. fear Taliban retaliation.
Schools Are Deciding What The New CDC Mask Guidelines Mean For The Classroom
It is unclear what impact this will have on teachers, staff and students in the near term. In some states, masks in schools are already optional.
Here's What Is (And Isn't) Changed By The New CDC Mask Guidance
Some parts of public life in the U.S. still operate according to restrictive rules, and that includes planes, trains and buses.
Shopping Without A Mask Depends On Where You Live, Despite New CDC Guidelines
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said," We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some kind of normalcy." But local authorities are making their own decisions on relaxing the rules.
Painful Endometriosis Could Hold Clues To Tissue Regeneration, Scientist Says
MIT bioengineer Linda Griffith spent years in debilitating pain before she was diagnosed with a condition often neglected in research. Her focus on the basic biology could lead to better treatments.