face masks

The owners of Liberty Tree Tavern in Elgin have decided to do the opposite of the many bars and restaurants across the country recommending or requiring patrons to wear masks as they reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.

If you’re planning a visit to either Six Flags Over Texas, Hurricane Harbor or any other Six Flags park this summer, you’ll likely want to know about steps the parks are taking to improve health safety including requiring guests to wear facial coverings and schedule their arrival times.

If you’ve tuned into the daily news cycle during the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably noticed circumstances where scientists seemed reluctant to share information, debated the latest research on social media or downright changed their views.

While masks serve as barriers to the spread of COVID-19, they’ve also become an additional barrier in communicating for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.

President Donald Trump visited a Ford plant on Thursday to tour the automaker’s production of medical ventilators. Despite CDC and coronavirus task force guidelines, the president wore a mask briefly and away from the press pool, sayng, “I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.”

The Transportation Security Administration announced a series of new rules for summer travelers to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.

As the debate over the effectiveness of wearing masks during a pandemic continues, a new study gives weight to arguments by medical professionals and government leaders that wearing a mask does indeed reduce virus transmission — and dramatically so.  Experiments by a team in Hong Kong found that the coronavirus’ transmission rate via respiratory droplets or airborne particles dropped by…

There’s a troubling new reality for law enforcement in the age of the coronavirus

Many North Texas gyms are taking precautions as they prepare to reopen Monday. But there are concerns if it is really safe to go back now.

Many North Texas gyms are taking precautions as they prepare to reopen Monday. But, there are concerns if it is really safe to go back now.

It can be difficult to communicate with face masks on, but for the deaf community it can be particularly challenging. A Thousand Oaks teenager is now spending her time making face masks designed to make it easier for those hard of hearing to read lips. Seventeen-year-old Isabella Appell is making face masks with a clear vinyl center to allow people…

Uber is launching a new set of features in its app that will check if drivers are wearing face masks before starting trips.

How often should you wash your mask? And what’s the best way to clean it? Nurse Alice Benjamin shares some best practices for wearing face masks.

Amtrak began requiring customers to cover their faces in stations, on trains and thruway buses Monday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend wearing cloth face coverings to slow the spread of coronavirus, but some people are still finding masks to be in short supply. For those who do have access to disposable masks, there’s a frequent question: Can disposable masks like N95 and surgical masks be re-worn?

There is widespread agreement that one of easiest ways to control the spread of the coronavirus is to wear a face mask, but there are all kinds of reasons why people don’t take this basic step, NBC News reported. “That’s a simple question with a complex answer,” said Jacqueline Gollan, a psychologist and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at...

President Donald Trump toured the Honeywell facility in Phoenix, Arizona, making N-95 masks for the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Texas Rangers are partnering with Arlington to give out 250,000 face coverings to employees of the city’s businesses and restaurants.

The Dallas Mavericks are teaming up with the NBA to sell branded face masks with the proceeds going to the North Texas Food Bank.

Following a tense debate over a mandate to require all Dallas County residents to wear face coverings in public, county commissioners voted to partially scale back that order and reopen craft stores so that residents would have access to materials to make their own masks.