mask mandate

Patients will need to wear masks in exam rooms, but not in waiting rooms or elevators.

The emergency physician and public health advocate discusses the latest on continuing RSV, flu and COVID-19 threats, and answers your health questions.

In our monthly visit with the outspoken public health expert, we discuss the CDC's new messaging on masks, the Biden administration's pandemic plans and lagging US vaccination rates.

The Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review voted Friday to allow Maryland school systems to decide whether or not to end their mask mandates.

The decision won't go into effect unless it gets approval from a joint legislative committee.

Maryland's COVID metrics are improving, but most children under 12 aren't vaccinated.

If it goes into effect, the regulation would repeal and replace the statewide masking mandate for public schools.

The board tasked the Department of Education with drafting a new emergency regulation.

The board heard from parents at a Tuesday meeting and is set to reconvene in December for a final decision. The mandate is set to expire Feb. 25.

The Hopkins ethicist discusses how public health directives have become political flashpoints.