Face masks can help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Learn about mask types, which masks to use and ...

Commissioners transferred money meant for building repairs to buy Tasers six weeks before staging a press conference to argue they need a bigger maintenance budget ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its mask guidance last week, recommending people wear N95 or KN95 masks. “As we are entering year three of the pandemic, we’re getting more and more data ...

Bangkok, the busy center of Thailand, keeps facing recurring PM2.5 air pollution during the dry season. In late026, ...

There are many face masks to choose from, but properly fitting respirators offer the most protection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say N95 respirators are the ...

Violet Affleck took the stage at the United Nations (U.N.) to demand clean air and as her father, Hollywood star Ben Affleck, wrestles with his smoking habit. Wearing a KN95 mask, the 19-year-old Yale ...

It helps until past noon. It does not help at all if wildfires have made the air unhealthy. On Aug. 14, the second day of school this year, the district announced it was making KN95 masks available to ...

This story by Allen Best was published on BigPivots.com on August 29, 2025, and was written in consultation with Aspen Journalism. We are sharing it in two parts. In a town best known for snow and its ...