How effective is it? What SPF is best? Is it safe to wear every day?
Credit.By Maggie Shannon
While most experts agree that you should use sunscreen year-round to prevent damage from the sun, harmful ultraviolet rays are strongest during late spring and early summer. We’ve partnered with health reporters from Wirecutter, The New York Times site that reviews and recommends products (and publishes annual ratings of sunscreens for the face and body), to answer some of the most common questions readers have about sunscreen, including how safe and effective it is, how to use it properly, and how to pick the right one for you.
May 17, 2021, 3:07 p.m. ET
The C.D.C.’s updated masking guidelines are adding to the confusion about who should cover up, and when.Credit.Ashley Gilbertson/VII for The New York Times
By Linsey Marr, Juliet Morrison and Caitlin Rivers
Dr. Marr is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. Dr. Morrison is a virologist at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Rivers is an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks in most indoor and outdoor settings, while still following federal, state and local rules.
C.D.C. Eases Outdoor Mask Guidance for Vaccinated Americans
“Go get the shot,” President Biden declared Tuesday, hailing an easing of federal guidance on outdoor mask wearing as a step toward post-pandemic normalcy.
Visitors to the monuments in Washington on Tuesday. A growing body of research indicates that the odds of the virus spreading outdoors are far lower than they are indoors, though the risk is not zero.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
April 27, 2021, 7:38 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a major step on Tuesday toward coaxing Americans into a post-pandemic world, relaxing the rules on mask wearing outdoors as coronavirus cases recede and people increasingly chafe against restrictions.