Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This upcoming winter season, the stage is set for seasonal sickness and COVID-19 infection rates to surge aggressively, in what's ...

Unleash the Kraken! Or, actually, please don’t. We are talking about the newest COVID strain, which like the actual creature, is a beast when caught and is currently running rampant in the United ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- None of us are strangers to masks these days and now, health officials are recommending we wear them until the air quality improves. You might have bags of face masks in every ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people have given up masking. These families share why they're staying vigilant. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis for ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- As fears rise over China's coronavirus outbreak spreading to the United States, more and more people are looking for ways to protect themselves. One of the most in-demand items are ...

As wildfires scorch Canada and smoke blankets the United States from Minnesota to New England and south to Florida, millions of people are under air-quality alerts. Face masks — the same kind used in ...

Guess what’s happening with Canadian wildfire smoke now covering a lot of the Eastern U.S., triggering bad air-quality warnings. Many more people are wearing N95 face masks again. After all, such ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wildfires continue to burn in Canada, causing smoke to drift south into some parts of the U.S. That smoke ...

While Covid-19 rates have been increasing throughout much of the country, the message from many of our public health and political leaders has become one of minimizing and denial. This is happening ...

Wearing a mask can help protect you, not just those around you, from coronavirus transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance Tuesday. The statement was an update ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads mainly through the air when a person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks or breathes. Virus particles can drift in the air and be inhaled, especially in crowded places ...

NBC Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you click on or buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more. Fewer people wear face masks than during the Covid-19 ...