The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance that recent studies have indicated that cloth masks offer more protection against the coronavirus than previously thought. Previous ...

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Federal health officials acknowledge their reversal on masking guidance for those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 is unwelcome, but they maintain new scientific data supports recommending ...

After questioning the value of general mask wearing early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decided the practice was so demonstrably effective that it ...