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Dr. Keith Churchwell is president of the American Heart Association for 2024-25, the chief volunteer scientific and medical officer of the association. (American Heart Association)

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Masks can be off (mostly) for fully vaccinated Americans

May 24, 2021

(Oscar Wong/Moment, Getty Images) Take off the mask? The answer is a qualified "yes" for Americans who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxes restrictions imposed in the early days of the pandemic.