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Number of visits to government’s vaccine site spiked after CDC released new mask guidance 

Number of visits to US government’s vaccine website spiked by 22% after CDC released new mask guidance for Americans who got their COVID shot On May 13, the CDC announced that Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could take off their masks outdoors and in most indoor settings Shortly after Biden tweeted the news that same… Read More »

Kansas lawmakers revoke Democratic governor’s mask mandate

Kansas lawmakers voted to rescind Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate within hours of the governor issuing the executive order. “Public health mandates should be short-term, data-driven, and reserved only for pressing emergency situations. They should not be used to dictate Kansans’ daily lives year after year,” Speaker of the Kansas House Ron Ryckman and Kansas… Read More »

How virus-proof is your mask? Under laboratory conditions, a professor answers the burning question

How virus-proof is your mask? Scientist tracks the growth of micro-organisms after coughing into a petri dish through different face coverings By Claire Coleman for the Daily Mail Published: 22:34 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 10:04 BST, 1 September 2020 Face coverings may be compulsory in more places now than ever — but how much… Read More »

Arkansas and Colorado issue mask requirements

Governors of both Arkansas and Colorado issued mandates Thursday requiring residents to wear masks in public. Target, CVS, and grocery chain Publix also announced Thursday that customers must wear masks in their stores. That comes a day after Walmart and Kohl’s announced similar policies. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said his state’s mandate would… Read More »