A student wears a mask and face shield in a 4th grade class during the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School. (Marcio Jose Sanchez) Summer vacation is over and "school" is back in session.

But the most recent number — about 9,100 new COVID-19 hospitalizations for the week that ended July 29 — is still near a record low. Experts say it’s important to realize that COVID-19 hasn ...

If local COVID-19 transmission rates increase, mask rules could change, according to New Hyde Park-based Northwell, which treats more than 2 million patients a year and employs about 80,000 workers.

A spike in local COVID-19 infections has led Kaiser Permanente, the county’s largest primary care provider, to begin requiring staff, patients and visitors to wear masks at its Santa Rosa ...

Most adults in the United States are not worried about getting sick with Covid-19 or spreading it over the holidays, a new survey from KFF found. Only about half say they plan to get the latest ...

Some officials are optimistic the wave will not be as bad as past seasons. But officials warn that continued spikes in COVID-19 could bring a return to an indoor mask mandate. Here’s what we know: ...

COVID hospitalizations have been increasing, from about 6,000 a week at the beginning of the summer to more than 15,000 the week of Aug. 19, the most recent week of federal data.

Mask-mouth syndrome may result from using a face mask for prolonged periods. Researchers examined how wearing a face mask affects one's oral hygiene in a study published on November 26 in Clinical ...

California L.A. County hits high COVID-19 community level, but mask mandate far from certain Dec. 8, 2022 ...