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FLORIDA — Flying in the face of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new COVID-19 guidelines, on Thursday Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Shevaun Harris said the DCF ...

Oregon's health department and the governors of Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey have announced when their states will end the school mask mandate. Leaders in other states, cities and counties are ...

Rysa Bankston of Murray, Kentucky, battled mask mandates at her son’s pre-school through a large portion of the coronavirus pandemic — and said doing her research and standing up for her little boy ...

There is a wide range of reactions as Massachusetts lifts the mask mandate for preschools, day cares and other child care settings Monday. Some parents and providers say the move is long overdue.

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. — In response to a federal judge in Florida striking down the CDC’s mass transit mask mandate, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a statement saying they recommend children ...

Speaking on Saturday during a "Fox & Friends Weekend" segment, Jennifer Sey, a former Levi Strauss & Co. executive, reacted to the news that a four-year-old child recently was asked to leave a ...