The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its mask-wearing advice over the weekend to clarify that some masks are more effective at preventing the spread of COVID than ...

It's important to mask up in the face of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Cloth masks don't offer adequate protection, so opt for an approved medical-grade mask instead. Beware of ...

Cloth face masks are useful in protecting against the novel coronavirus — but only if you wash them after every use, according to a new study that found that reusing these face coverings over ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday clarified its stance on various kinds of masks, acknowledging that the cloth masks frequently worn by Americans do ...

USA TODAY fact checked whether masks can cause such afflictions and found that cloth and surgical masks are unlikely to cause a dangerous drop in oxygen intake because they are not tight-fitting.

One option for reducing transmission is to wear a cloth mask over a surgical mask ... which may respond differently to treatments or dodge the immune system to some degree, has prompted public ...

The entertainment giant is releasing the non-medical, reusable cloth masks featuring Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters in line with the CDC’s recommendation to wear face coverings ...

“I would not advocate for microwaving masks for a whole host of reasons,” Hamilton said. “It doesn’t include the soap and water aspect. Sometimes even cloth masks will have a little metal ...

The Post interviewed a handful of medical experts to get the lowdown on whether we should wear and use disposable or reusable face masks and which ones are best. “Disposable and reusable cloth ...

Currently, no studies exist that compare face masks to face shields. As Americans “mask up” to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a new trend is emerging with more people wearing clear, plastic ...

With infections surging due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant, including among the vaccinated, physicians are now urging people to ditch cloth face masks, which they say may not provide enough ...

The reusable cloth masks people have been using for the past year or more may look a little worse for the wear. But new research from the University of Colorado Boulder finds that washing and drying ...