What I Learned On My First Transatlantic Flight Since 2020

London is a great city to visit, but international travel has been more difficult with changing … [+] vaccine and testing rules. With these relaxing quickly, I took a trip and found it to be ver...

Broadway — One Of Last Mask Mandate Holdouts — Drops Requirement For July

Topline Broadway audiences will not be required to wear masks in July for the first time since theaters reopened last fall, the Broadway League announced Tuesday, lifting one of the last remaining wid...

Few People Wearing Masks On Airplanes Just Weeks After Mandate Removal

In regards to mask wearing on planes, flights today are looking like the pandemic never happened. getty In mid-April, a judge in Florida effectively cancelled the Federal mandate to wear masks on airp...

Broadway Extends Mask Mandate As NYC Covid Cases Rise

Topline Broadway theaters will require audiences to wear masks through June amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in New York City, the Broadway League announced Friday, breaking with Mayor Eric Adams...

Covid Cases Are Rising — But Cities So Far Aren’t Reimposing Mask Mandates

Topline Rising Covid-19 cases across the country so far aren’t resulting in local mask mandates coming back, as officials in multiple Democratic-leaning cities said in recent days they have no plans t...

EU Will Scrap Mask Mandate For Air Travel

Topline Face masks will not have to be worn in airports or on flights in Europe beginning next week, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Center for Disease Prevention and Con...

What I Learned On Four Flights After The Mask Mandate Removal

After the elimination of the mask mandate on airplanes, some passengers and crew are still choosing … [+] to wear a mask when onboard. getty On April 18, a judge in Florida eliminated the Federa...

DOJ Will Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate Following CDC’s Request

Topline The Department of Justice said Wednesday it will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the federal mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, immediately after the Cen...

DOJ Says It Might Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate—If CDC Thinks Mask-Wearing Is Still Needed

Topline The federal government will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the nationwide mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, but only if the Centers for Disease Control and P...

Fewer Americans Than Ever Want Mask Mandates, Poll Finds — Despite Uptick In Cases

Topline Fewer than half of Americans are regularly wearing masks and want states and cities to require them, a new Axios/Ipsos poll finds—the lowest share since they started polling the questions—even...

First Major U.S. City To Reimpose Mask Mandate Amid Latest Covid Surge

Topline Philadelphia will reimpose its indoor mask mandate on April 18, the city’s health commissioner announced Monday, the first major city to put its mandate back in effect in response to rising Co...

Most Americans Want Mask-Wearing To Continue In At Least Some Places—But Are Split On Public Transportation, Poll Finds

Topline A majority of Americans don’t want mask-wearing to entirely go away and still aren’t getting back to their normal, pre-pandemic lives, a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll suggests—but many are...

Major Airlines Are Pleading To Drop Mask Mandates On Planes

NurPhoto via Getty Images The CEOs of major U.S. airlines wrote a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that he drop the mask mandate on planes and testing requirements for arriving international t...

California Will Keep School Mask Mandate For At Least Two More Weeks — Even As State Lifts Indoor Mandate

Topline California will keep in place its mask mandate for school children for at least two more weeks even though the state’s indoor mask mandate for vaccinated Californians is set to expire Wednesda...