A new review of mask studies is generating buzz about whether masks work to prevent COVID. The review doesn't draw any major conclusions — but people are using it to say mask mandates failed. Mask ...

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Vaccinated shoppers and workers can ditch their masks at Walmart, Target and Home Depot, except where local laws require masks in stores. At Starbucks, CVS, Walgreens and Macy's, ...

Now you can put a price on a smile. People in Japan who have become accustomed to wearing a face mask have turned to the help of a professional — to learn to smile again. After the Japanese government ...

People are less likely to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 if they see themselves as good-looking, according to a study published earlier this year. Researchers asked 1,030 participants to self-evaluate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Commuters, some wearing masks, wait for the subway in New York, ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

Susan Scarbro stares down a bowling lane at the distant pins. She hears a sound that breaks her focus. Was that a cough? Will ...

Most Americans have never had to wear a mask for their health before, let alone while they shop for groceries or go for a run. So, even as businesses or states increasingly require them, rebellion is ...

The TikTok user said she would "rather wear this than see pets go in cargo" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on ...

A new gold-standard review of mask studies suggests we don't know much about how well masks work. Don't be fooled.

Plenty of factors determine whether someone chooses to wear a mask at this stage of the pandemic: their health, their risk tolerance, where they are, who’s around them—and, according to a recent study ...