"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 ...

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 ...

Experts say wearing a mask in public when others aren’t can protect from COVID-19 as some states lift coronavirus mask mandates. Business Wire via AP Some states are dropping COVID-19 face mask ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Boris Johnson has announced that the government will be easing its “Plan B” measures from Thursday 27 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its mask guidance to note that N95 and KN95 masks offer higher levels of protection against COVID-19 than cloth masks, although it stopped ...

WASHINGTON — We’ve already been through two winters with COVID-19, but this year, we have three viruses on our minds: COVID-19, the flu, and RSV. The numbers are up, and Rochelle Walensky, director of ...

Masks aren’t required on U.S. flights for now after a federal judge lifted a nationwide mask mandate covering planes and other forms of public transportation, though the Department of Justice is ...

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 ...

Is “one-way masking,” or wearing a mask when no one else is, effective in protecting you from getting the coronavirus? Here is what you need to know. Masks work in two ways. They protect the wearer by ...