The pandemic accelerated economic disparity, revealing a disturbing acceptance of mass death. Did we learn nothing?

Masks were one of the most polarizing parts of the COVID pandemic. Five years later, have we moved closer to a compromise?

Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID emergency, here's what the research says about face masks.

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided.

Minnesota-based 3M still ships millions of respirators, though health care is not the major market it briefly was.

Five years after COVID-19 reached Minnesota ... While the cup or shell is the classic look for the N95, the respirator’s design is based not on shape but on federal guidelines for effectiveness.

The White House issued the President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America ... Federal officials still wanted to reserve surgical masks and N95 masks for frontline health care workers.

Boston.com readers said the pandemic remains an ever-present threat to public health, despite much of society having moved on.

Let’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral ...

But five years after COVID-19 began its deadly surge across the world, they share concerns that the tumult in federal health ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached Minnesota ... application engineer at the 3M personal safety division, puts on an N95 respirator in a 3M fit test lab. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune ...