Amid a shortage of medical-grade masks, federal guidelines now recommend everyone wear face coverings out in public. Here's ...

As the pandemic continues to evolve and new COVID-19 variants surface—the latest being Omicron—protection remains top of mind. And while many of us have acquired a pile of reusable cloth masks over ...

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Face masks are now part of our daily attire, with 129 billion being used globally each month. But we're still learning that some styles may be better than others. A new University of Waterloo study ...

President Joe Biden’s plan to distribute 400 million free N95 masks rolled out Tuesday. Though the disposable N95s are better at preventing transmission of COVID-19 than single-layer cloth masks, they ...

But let's be real, sometimes you just need a disposable mask. They’re one-use, so you don’t have to worry about washing them (who has the time?). If you misplace them, it’s no big deal, something that ...