TL;DR? Let us break it down for you: The CDC's official guidelines suggest that N95 masks are the most effective, with KN95 masks coming in at a close second and cloth face masks providing the least ...

We don’t like it any more than you do, but it might be time to wear a mask again. While this season, there aren’t new strains like Omicron to worry about, experts are warning of the “tripledemic,” a.k ...

Just when it seemed that four years since the pandemic had been long enough to be rid of the COVID-19 virus, a new variant called ‘FLiRT’ has shown up just in time for summer. Now, some are ...

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It may seem like fewer people are wearing masks and less often, but health experts say they can be an effective way to help stop the spread of COVID-19 if they’re worn correctly. “We know that masks ...

With COVID-19 hospitalizations once again on the rise amid the spread of the more contagious omicron variants BA1 and BA2, we’re reminding our readers once again that it might be a good time to invest ...

In January, the Biden administration announced that it would make 400 million free N95 face masks available at pharmacies and health centers nationwide. Federal officials said the masks provide better ...

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 ...

Covering N95 filtering facepiece respirators with a face mask can cause respirator leaking and failure, according to a study among health care workers. “Our overall interest in the topic was triggered ...

Out of all the different face masks you can choose from, N95 respirators are the most protective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They’re designed to filter out at ...

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