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

Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, a team of Norwegian researchers conducted a pragmatic randomized trial to examine whether wearing surgical face masks while in public spaces resulted in a lower ...

Standard surgical masks don’t fully seal around a person’s face, allowing for more participle exposure. But simply adding two rubber bands may improve the seal and offer N95 respirator-level ...

Surgical masks can ward off COVID-19 just as well as N95s for healthcare workers exposed to patients infected with that virus, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests. To report that this ...

A modified surgical face mask ask analyzes a person's breath to look for gases that are associated with kidney disease, researchers said. Adobe stock/HealthDay May 8 (UPI) --Wearing a face mask to ...

Wearing a mask is one way to reduce the spread of COVID-19. There are many types, including surgical masks, cloth masks, and respirators. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, usually transmits ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Surgical masks have become a common sight, particularly in Asia, as ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are changing tack regarding their recommendation to the public about wearing face masks, some experts explain how certain masks could help keep ...