Our Planet Money podcast team scans the evidence from behavioral economics for lessons on how to get people to wear masks during the COVID-19 crisis, and to find out why they may not be wearing them.

Why Some People Don't Wear Masks Health officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are urging Americans to wear face masks in public. NPR looks into several reasons people give for not ...

That mask could be anything from a handkerchief to a designer cotton mask to a full-blown N95 respirator, so long as you have something between your mouth and nose and the world around you.

At Head Start, Masks Remain On, Despite C.D.C. Guidelines Some of the nation’s poorest pre-K students are the last still under mask mandates, affecting enrollment. Share full article ...