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Health & Safety

Coronavirus FAQ: Our mini-zine has advice on when & how to dial down COVID precautions

2:34pm April 01, 2022

by Marc Silver

Cases are surging in some regions but dropping in many places. If you're in the latter situation, is it OK to go back to living as you did pre-pandemic? Print our handy zine with advice from experts.

A family wearing face masks walks through Union Station in Los Angeles, California, January 5, 2022. With the Omicron variant driving a surge of Covid-19 cases, California announced January 5, 2022 that a statewide indoor mask mandate, due to expire on Ja

Health & Safety

It's safe to unmask in many places, says the CDC. These experts aren't quite ready

12:36pm February 26, 2022

Doctors and health researchers are looking to testing rates, case rates – and intuition – to determine when they'll feel comfortable mingling maskless indoors.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC says Americans can now go unmasked in many parts of the country

9:02pm February 25, 2022

The federal health agency released new guidance for when Americans need to mask up indoors, saying about 70% of the population lives in a place where it's safe to go mask free.

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Politics & Government

Mask mandate to end in Boone March 7

4:29pm February 24, 2022

by Paul Garber

Town Council members in Boone voted this week to lift a state of emergency that put COVID restrictions in place. The move means the town will end its mask mandate starting next month.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed personal protective equipment with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response on Thursday.

California changes its COVID strategy and announces a plan to live with the virus

10:28am February 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The state's plan sets specific goals, such as stockpiling masks, providing wide-scale daily vaccinations and tests and adding 3,000 medical workers within three weeks in surge areas.

The White House says it is planning to distribute masks for children. The announcement comes as many states have been dropping mask requirements for schoolchildren.

The White House says it will make more high-quality masks available for kids

12:34pm February 17, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

It is not yet clear what type of masks will be distributed. Standard masks do not always fit small faces well.

Education

Davidson County Schools to go mask-optional next week

4:54pm February 15, 2022

by Paul Garber

The Davidson County School Board will lift its mask mandate next week.

A child wears a KN95 mask for kids in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Health & Safety

Coronavirus FAQ: What's the best way to protect school-age kids from COVID?

5:23pm February 11, 2022

by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Plus: Do kids really need masks if they've been vaccinated and had COVID? And what kind of masks should kids wear?

A worker hands a nasal swab to a motorist at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Denver on Jan. 13.

Denver children's museum closes temporarily after anger at its mask policy

1:14pm January 27, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The Children's Museum of Denver said that "regrettably, some guests who object to the Museum's mask policy have been inappropriately directing their anger toward our staff."

Health & Safety

Guilford County reinstates mask mandate through executive proclamation

5:07pm January 04, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

Guilford County has declared an emergency proclamation reinstating a mask mandate.