This upcoming winter season, the stage is set for seasonal sickness and COVID-19 infection rates to surge aggressively, in what's being called a "tripledemic" — and healthcare experts are urging ...

Many people choose to wear an N95 mask as a way to reduce exposure to harmful viruses and airborne toxins or pollutants.

CDC says people at high risk of COVID might want to opt for an N95 mask. Any mask is better than no mask. But loosely woven cloth masks provide the least amount of protection and Americans in some ...

This is itself an issue, but our research also discovered another worrying thing: People aren’t very good at assessing whether their mask fits. Frequently, they use a self-assessment method to check ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Face masks work. They prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching other people, and vice versa. Yes, there are differences between cloth and surgical face masks -- but a health ...

World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare ...

While it’s true that it’s no longer mandatory to wear masks on public transport in most major cities, and as of April 2022, most major airlines have dropped mask mandates (at least for domestic ...