Joel had never worn a mask while fighting fires. I learned that the Forest Service actually had a decades-old policy of ...

The rollout of free N95 masks for the public began this week across the United States, with some pharmacies already handing out the masks and others expecting to do so in the coming days. The program ...

The federal government has issued new guidelines to wildland firefighters for the voluntary use of protective masks. The move ...

After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will ...

Just when you thought you could put those face masks away, the recent wildfires in California have ignited new concerns about air quality and respiratory health. One way to protect yourself: picking ...

If you’ve put your COVID face masks into retirement, it’s time to start wearing them again if you live in a large region of the United States that could potentially be affected by wildfires — ...

The federal government will now allow its firefighters to mask up — upending a decades-long policy that had left them exposed to toxic flurries of illness-inducing wildfire smoke. The U.S. Forest ...

While you may associate getting sick with colder weather, research shows that COVID tends to spike in the winter and summer. Right now, COVID cases are rising in many parts of the country, including a ...

Just when it seemed that four years since the pandemic had been long enough to be rid of the COVID-19 virus, a new variant called ‘FLiRT’ has shown up just in time for summer. Now, some are ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Millions of masks thought to be located for California healthcare workers won't materialize after all and now federal law enforcement is investigating the suspected fraud. A ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We're learning more about exactly how federal investigators intercepted fraud involving 39 million N95 masks. Millions of them were set to be purchased by hospitals right here ...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending a total of more than $1 million to fully refund people who bought deceptively marketed face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency announced on Monday.