The company takes used and discarded symbols of the pandemic and turns them into items such as coat hangers and classroom rulers.

Despite new CDC guidance, businesses and workplaces will likely still require masks for now.

Texas businesses can open at 100% capacity in a week. In Mississippi, mask and distancing recommendations are now in place.

Front-line workers are especially at risk indoors. Wearing a cloth and surgical mask together is an option to N95s, one doctor says.

A tea shop supplier and a brush manufacturer switched to making masks after the lockdown. But the gamble didn’t pay off.

The human body isn’t wired to stay in a constant state of fight-or-flight.

One immunization expert says the Biden team should be talking to state leaders about what they’ll need to roll out vaccines.

One community that adopted the requirements early says the change has been good for business.

To encourage a certain behavior, policymakers can choose carrots or sticks. There’s evidence that the sticks are more effective.

Public health professionals have been advocating for masks for months, yet pockets of stiff resistance remain.