mask mandates

Last month, a federal judge in Florida struck down a government requirement for masking in public transportation. The Justice Department is appealing the decision. 

Gov. Kathy Hochul gave no indication Wednesday as to whether she plans to lift state mask requirements on public transit in the near-to-immediate future, even as her encompassing emergency order enabling many pandemic measures is set to expire. The mask mandate, specifically, is tied to a March 2 advisory issued by the state health commissioner that declared face coverings to…

It’s getting really confusing to figure out where you still need to wear a masks these days. You don’t need one to ride NJ Transit but some people want more than just the option to do so, it seems.

Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York’s mass transit COVID mask mandate remains in effect for the “short term” but didn’t specify a timeline Wednesday as she faced questions after a federal judge‘s decision voided the national rule earlier this week. Hochul emphasized that it was a federal judge’s procedural overturn, not a shift in perspective from the federal health...

One of the two omicron subvariants of the highly transmissible BA.2 COVID strain believed to be fueling “significant community spread” in parts of New York is now the dominant COVID variant in the CDC region that includes the Empire State.

Many travelers rejoiced when mask mandates were abruptly lifted on airplanes and other transportation systems around the country by a federal judge on Monday. But don’t leave that mask at home when you travel just yet, advises Dr. John Torres.

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation.

Confusion about mask mandates arises among many New Yorkers due to frequent policy changes.

While New Jersey has ditched most of the mask requirements on mass transit, masks are still required for NYC transportation options — leading to confusion over when travelers need to don a mask, and when they can taken them off. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Airline mask mandates are no longer in effect — and some plane passengers received that news with cheers in the middle of their flights. Watch the video here.

Uber and Lyft will no longer require masks for drivers and riders, the company announced Tuesday.

A decision by a federal judge in Florida to throw out a national mask mandate in public transportation across the U.S. created a patchwork of rules Monday that vary by city and mode of transit.

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed...

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials

The CDC announced Wednesday that it was extending the national mask requirement for public transportation systems through May 3 as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country.

The Biden administration has announced it will extend through May 3 the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

The Transportation Security Administration is extending the mask mandate on public transportation until April 18.

Police in Canada say they have made more than 100 arrests and progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions

Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada’s capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns Thursday, even as police arrested two protest leaders and threatened to break up the nearly three-week protest.

Police in Canada’s capital are telling protesting truckers who have paralyzed the city for more than two weeks that it’s time to leave