face masks

It’s the on-stage outburst that has Broadway buzzing, from a stage legend known for not holding back her feelings about theater etiquette.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that it would be appealing a ruling which lifted the travel face mask mandate, after the CDC determined masks continue to be necessary for the public good.

The CDC announced Wednesday that it was extending the national mask requirement for public transportation systems through May 3 as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scolded students for wearing masks during a visit to the University of South Florida, calling it, “COVID theater.”

An East Bay school district on Monday will decide whether to defy the state’s timeline for student masking in schools and make masks optional immediately.

An East Bay school district on Monday will decide whether to defy the state’s timeline for student masking in schools and make masks optional immediately. Melissa Colorado reports.

As the CDC prepares to issue new guidance on masking Friday, California public health leaders are considering what to do about masking in schools. Kris Sanchez reports.

Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.

The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The CDC is expected to loosen its indoor masking guidelines to states soon, according to several people familiar with the matter.

Some Bay Area businesses say they’re not ready to let customers take their masks off just yet. Marianne Favro reports.

Beginning Wednesday, all but one Bay Area county lifted their mask mandate, though some businesses in those mask-free areas are keeping their own rules in place.

Gov. Gavin Newsom delayed a closely watched decision on lifting California’s school mask mandate Monday, even as other Democratic governors around the country have dropped them in recent weeks

California will end its indoor masking requirement for vaccinated people next week but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren, state health officials announced Monday amid rapidly falling coronavirus cases. Cierra Johnson reports.

The mask mandate is coming to an end. The state department of public health said people can ditch their mask if they’re vaccinated. Cheryl Hurd reports.

California’s indoor masking requirement will end next week for vaccinated people but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren.

California’s indoor masking requirement will end next week for vaccinated people but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren

Some of the 400 million free N95 masks being distributed by the Biden administration for COVID-19 purposes were arriving Friday at pharmacies and grocery stores across the nation, but they appeared to be hard to find in the Bay Area. Robert Handa reports.

Some of the 400 million free N95 masks being distributed by the Biden administration for COVID-19 purposes were arriving Friday at pharmacies and grocery stores across the nation, but they appeared to be hard to find in the Bay Area.

During a coronavirus task force press briefing on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci outlined the steps that could bring the pandemic to an end. “Control will mean not eradication, like we did with smallpox— that’s unreasonable. Not necessarily elimination, like we’ve done with polio and measles by mass vaccination campaigns. But a level of control that does not disrupt us in...