Masks are the most visible reminders that we are still in a pandemic, and the debate over their use and other public health measures has been present since March 2020, largely along partisan lines.

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious omicron COVID-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

The United States’ strict mask guidance for kids goes against policies across much of the globe. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises masking for all schoolkids 2 and older.

Ear-splitting sirens blared across Russia and school children donned gas masks during terrifying nationwide drills to test Russians’ readiness for a potential nuclear war. As part of the exercise that ...