Many other countries dropped pandemic mask requirements months ago. But in places like South Korea, which got rid of its rule this week, masks remain common. By John Yoon and Hikari Hida John Yoon ...

TOKYO — The most recognized emblem of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the one likely to persist, is about to lose some of its clout in Japan. New mask guidelines from the government take effect Monday, ...

Almost 400 sponsors have pulled their face mask from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) amid a postmarket review undertaken by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) amid concerns ...

TOKYO, June 5 (Reuters) - In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their ...

(Tribune News Service) — Governments across Southeast Asia are bringing back measures to limit a rapid resurgence of respiratory infections such as COVID-19, including installing temperature scanners ...

South Korea dropped indoor masking Monday. Japan has ditched them outdoors and is getting ready to unmask indoors soon, too. Taiwan is set to jettison its mandate later this month. Mask mandates, once ...