Face masks are once again in the spotlight for health reasons, thanks to the surge in the highly contagious Omicron variant and the new CDC mask guidance—to wear one in indoor public spaces and ...

Researchers have used high-speed videos of a person sneezing to identify the optimal cloth mask design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks became a way to help protect yourself and others ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

Single-layer cloth masks may not provide adequate protection against the very infectious omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Many infectious disease experts ...

The CDC declared "loosely woven cloth products" are inferior to surgical and N95 masks at protecting against COVID-19 particles. Anthony Behar/Sipa USA Cloth face coverings are less effective at ...

The omicron variant of the coronavirus may spread more quickly and efficiently, and now that it is the dominant strain it's worth reconsidering use of cloth masks. In some places, such as Minnesota ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health authorities are encouraging people to make cloth face masks at home to guard against the spread of the coronavirus amid a shortage of surgical masks. Thailand, ...

LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. (WKBW) — Inmates at the Cattaraugus County Jail are volunteering to make cloth masks for essential workers. The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office created a program allowing ...

As the UK lifts the legal requirement for face masks in most indoor public areas in England, new research from the University of Surrey and the University of Bristol has shown that FFP2 (filtering ...