While battles over mask mandates in schools rage in several states, the delta-fueled COVID-19 surge continues to sicken more and more children, sending some to the hospital. “There’s no doubt that ...

With the Biden administration trying to prevent states from banning mask mandates in schools, the debate around these requirements for children is due for some much-needed perspective. A look at the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of a handful of GOP governors trying to block school districts from requiring masks in the classroom. Much of DeSantis’ argument was based on his belief that parents ...

In Tennessee, where the governor allows families to ignore school mask mandates, some parents are making excruciating calculations each morning about whether to send their children to school. By Erica ...

When Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son, Jack, heard on the radio that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin would end the statewide school mask mandate—a move that dozens of other states have taken in recent ...

Brittany Schwaigert says her 13-year-old son, Greyson, needs his peers to wear their masks. Greyson has tuberous sclerosis complex, a rare genetic disorder, which means contracting COVID-19 could send ...

In a recent study published in Environmental Research, researchers investigated whether surgical and N95 face masks cause respiratory distress in children. In the present study, researchers assessed ...

Dr. Danovitch is a research psychologist who studies the cognitive and social development of children. Opponents of mask mandates for preschool and elementary-school children have expressed concern ...

• Scientists have found little evidence that the kind of masks worn by students negatively affect oxygen or carbon dioxide levels, and they say that contamination levels on masks are no worse than on ...

A school-based survey conducted by scientists of the University of Zurich has revealed that about 60% of primary and secondary school students in Zurich, Switzerland, perceive mask-wearing at school ...

Editor’s note: Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday morning that the indoor mask mandate will be lifted March 12 instead of March 21. For young school children, the changes in COVID-19 safety policies at ...

Five day care workers have been charged with child abuse after a video of them terrifying small children with a scary mask -- similar to the one seen in the "Scream" film franchise -- went viral. The ...