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 ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City's mask mandate for children ages 2-4 will remain in place. The city was granted a stay from an appeals court on Friday evening. Masks will now be back, starting ...

A boy wears his home made mask at Bamburi in Mombasa County. Children are at a high risk of contacting coronavirus as they have been ignored in mask wearing. [Omondi Onyango/Standard] With the onset ...

A pediatrician shares tips and reminders for mask-wearing for kids. As the so-called "tripledemic" of flu, RSV and COVID-19 continues across the United States, health officials are encouraging people ...

With two weeks of the school year remaining, the school mask mandate for the city's youngest students will be lifted June 13th because COVID-19 cases are “steadily falling,” Mayor Eric Adams announced ...

A county's health officials have warned more children and young people could become infected with a severe strain of flu than ...

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 ...