Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too. In recent weeks, state and local governments have been ramping up their ...

Back in the day and even today, different nations had conflicts, entered into war and devised several means of defeating their opponents. In modern times, people gear towards the use of nuclear ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Commuters, some wearing masks, wait for the subway in New York, ...

The long, strange story of masking and law enforcement. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Sabrina Tavernise One of the defining images of President Trump’s second term so far ...

Violators could be fined up to $1,000, although there would be exceptions for people who wear face coverings for health or religious reasons. By Lola Fadulu and Michael Wilson Not so long ago, masks ...

A U.S. charitable foundation said Wednesday that it was the anonymous bidder that paid $530,000 for 24 Native American masks in a contested Paris auction two days ago, and will return them to the Hopi ...

Has your COVID-era mask been a constant companion or is it collecting dust? Americans’ relationship with masking has been fraught (and politicized) since the beginning of the pandemic, a time when ...

An auction of ancient masks revered as sacred by a Native American tribe has fetched more than 750,000 euros, disappointing prominent opponents of the sale after a French court ruled it should go ...