From today, Friday, 24 July, covering your face while shopping is become mandatory in England. It already was in Scotland, where rules came in on 10 July, while in Wales and Northern Ireland, ...

What Is an N95 Mask? According to the CDC, an N95 respirator (that’s the official term—respirator, not mask) is “a type of respirator which removes particles from the air that are breathed through it.

Though statewide coronavirus mask mandates have expired, many people have opted to continue wearing them to keep germs and other airborne viruses at bay. And with face masks now a common wardrobe ...

As the omicron variant of COVID-19 has surged in Connecticut, experts say masks remain an essential tool to control the spread of the virus. At the same time, the question of which type of mask to ...

What is already known about this topic? Face masks or respirators (N95/KN95s) effectively filter virus-sized particles in laboratory settings. The real-world effectiveness of face coverings to prevent ...

With the Environmental Protection Agency issuing air quality warnings for several states over the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, it’s important to understand and obtain the correct protection. One ...

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Are P95 or N95 masks best? Construction and factory workers were using masks long before the coronavirus overwhelmed society. Now masks are a part of everyday wear — it’s second nature to stuff one in ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that consistently wearing a mask, especially an N95 and KN95 respirator mask, while inside public places provide the best protection ...

As the threat of a “tripledemic” continues to rise, more people are choosing to mask up to help prevent COVID, RSV and the flu. In the U.S., 43% of all COVID cases are now made up of XBB.1.5. — an ...

A shortage of N95 masks in 2020 led the CDC to craft guidelines for healthcare workers who needed to reuse them for multiple shifts, but a new study, published Jan. 26 in JAMA, has found reuse of ...