Introduction

The COVID-19 public health emergency is officially over, but masking in health care settings like hospitals is still a topic of debate.

• Plus, how the IRS could soon disrupt the tax preparation industry.
• And, China sentences a U.S. citizen to life in prison for espionage.

Guests: Axios' Tina Reed and Han Chen; and The Washington Post's Jacob Bogage.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi, Robin Linn, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go Deeper:

• Industry debates continued masking in health care settings
• IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
• China sentences elderly U.S. citizen to life in prison on spying charges