LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — As COVID-19 numbers continue to rise, safety is on the minds of everyone. Arkansas is still under a mask mandate. And on Tuesday, Gov. Hutchinson introduced a restriction for ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNW) — Reading lips and seeing facial expressions are sometimes crucial forms of communication for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. That’s why there is now an effort to get ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — The ongoing pandemic has created an unexpected problem for the deaf and hard of hearing. Most face masks on the market block lip movements and facial expressions which are key ...

In our masked-up world, the cloth masks designed to protect us from the pandemic can make it hard to communicate. "Just seeing somebody’s face and the emotion or the real message behind the words," ...

A new simulation shows the limitations of face shields to protect against the coronavirus. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton used laser light to show how face shields are able ...

Costco is now requiring that customers who can’t wear face masks for medical reasons—which appears to be rare overall—wear face shields instead. The store has required face masks for all customers ...

A Michigan financial institution now is requiring that all customers inside its branches wear clear face masks, citing security reasons. "Through recent testing in our branches, we have found that ...