Masks saved an untold number of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, the resulting plastic pollution from those masks is concerning scientists. A new study found that disposable face masks, or ...

Two burglars have been jailed for a total of 14 years - after they were caught on camera scouting out homes before raiding them for cash and jewellery. Terence O'Reilly, 23, and James Carthy, 33, ...

Michiganders were voting in the primary election and planning their St. Patrick’s Day festivities when the state reported its first confirmed COVID-19 infections in March 2020. Within days, schools ...

Has your COVID-era mask been a constant companion or is it collecting dust? Americans’ relationship with masking has been fraught (and politicized) since the beginning of the pandemic, a time when ...

Eileen Yam and Giancarlo Pasquini contributed to this chapter. Five years after the pandemic began, Americans largely see COVID-19 through the rear-view mirror. Overall, they don’t feel the virus is ...

Group of people wearing medical masks to prevent disease, flu,... Group of people wearing medical masks to prevent disease, flu, air pollution, contaminated air, world pollution. Vector illustration ...

The artwork of Mister Cartoon can be seen pretty much everywhere — tattooed on celebrities, exhibited in art galleries, airbrushed on cars, painted on public walls and printed on team jerseys. “At ...

As COVID cases surge in North Carolina, a Charlotte group is distributing free N95 masks for those who want to protect themselves against the virus. CLT Mask Bloc, a nonprofit organization dedicated ...

For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested. By Emily Baumgaertner ...

Since May, highly contagious "FLiRT" coronavirus variants – a term for new mutations of Omicron – have been driving a rise in infections and emergency room trips. Virus levels at local wastewater ...

He added, “It was a very, very mild infection. I’m 83 years old. I would think that if I were naive immunologically, this thing could have killed me, but it didn’t even make me significantly ill.” ...