The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century ...

These were the least-affected countries. I believe the main reason was the habit among its people of wearing masks. This has to become a culture within the country. It is a big cultural change ...

Thirty years later, my generation of Queen Esthers and Mordechais are all grown up, but we’re still working on taking off our masks. For most people, learning to be comfortable in our own skin ...

Now, Japanese researchers think the differences in cultural acceptance may be traced ... outside in Europe and North America, but wearing a mask is not as popular as it is in Japan.

In the first chaotic weeks and months of the pandemic, Americans were discouraged from wearing masks, but the overwhelming preventative benefits to wearing them eventually overrode the naysayers.

Measures like mask wearing have been credited for the early success. WSJ’s Margherita Stancati and Bojan Pancevski explain how sentiments towards mask wearing have changed in Europe. Photo ...