face mask requirements

Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation aimed at letting parents bypass any requirement for students to wear face masks in public schools. The House Health Committee approved the legislation that harkens back to disputes over public health orders during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mask requirements are up for debate before Alabama students return to school. School systems and parents are both split on whether a mask mandate will…

Students and teachers are advised by health officials to continue wearing masks at school. The Alabama Public Health Department recommends the practice…

Birmingham is no longer requiring face masks after the latest extension expired. Fewer patients throughout the state have been hospitalized with COVID-19…

Alabama's face mask order is once again set to expire, but hospitals throughout the state are hoping for an extension until more people become vaccinated…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is extending a public health order requiring face masks in public but lifting occupancy limits on many places as the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will announce the fate of a statewide mask mandate. Her office has scheduled a Thursday morning news…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to block Alabama’s mask mandate and other state health orders during the pandemic. U.S. District Judge…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and health officials are extending an order requiring face masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic.…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Hospital Association and state doctors are urging Gov. Kay Ivey to extend a statewide rule requiring face masks in…