For now, the CDC advises that wearing a mask is an effective prevention strategy, particularly in crowded settings such as ...

A CDC advisory committee convened last week to revisit the agency’s draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged ...

The CDC said that where coronavirus transmission is high, vaccinated people should wear masks indoors in public, especially at K-12 schools.

Dr. Francis Collins said wearing masks indoors is a "sacrifice worth making" to curb new COVID-19 cases amid the more contagious Delta variant.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging local officials in areas with a high infection rate to enforce the CDC's recommended mask mandate. Most of the Hudson Valley has what the CDC is calling a substantial risk ...