OAKLAND LAST WEEK, FIVE YEARS AGO, CALIFORNIA SAW MASK MANDATES. BUSINESSES CLOSED AND PEOPLE TOLD NOT TO GATHER AT SCHOOLS OR CHURCHES. WE WERE DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK, AND ...

Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.

P95 and N95 are rating classifiers for masks manufactured to keep people from inhaling dust and other small particles in unsafe environments.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to ...

Nationally, we are seeing very high levels of influenza and, again, a growing wave of COVID-19 infections. A new variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K is driving some of this epidemic.

Hospitals in Central Virginia are reinforcing mask requirements due to a rise in flu and other respiratory illnesses. The Virginia Department of Health reports that 23% of emergency room visits this ...

A county in California wine country is beefing up its vaccine recommendations and instituting a mask mandate, citing "greater risk" of contracting COVID-19 amid the start of the annual flu season. The ...

The UK is experiencing a new spike in COVID-19 infections driven by two recently emergent Omicron subvariants dubbed “Stratus” and “Nimbus”. Together these now account for the majority of cases in the ...