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 ...

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N95 masks require shaving beards to ensure a good fit. Masks are at the forefront of people’s minds as health care workers continue to face shortages during the coronavirus pandemic. Together with ...

If you’ve put your COVID face masks into retirement, it’s time to start wearing them again if you live in a large region of the United States that could potentially be affected by wildfires — ...

It is a lot safer if the face mask fits, state Flinders University medical specialists, after coming up with a cost-efficient method to tailor N95 filtering face-piece respirators (FFRs) for health ...

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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 ...

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

Guess what’s happening with Canadian wildfire smoke now covering a lot of the Eastern U.S., triggering bad air-quality warnings. Many more people are wearing N95 face masks again. After all, such ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its mask guidance last week, recommending people wear N95 or KN95 masks. “As we are entering year three of the pandemic, we’re getting more and more data ...

NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...