In a recent study published in Environmental Research, researchers investigated whether surgical and N95 face masks cause respiratory distress in children. In the present study, researchers assessed ...

If there were a symbol or icon to represent the past year, it would definitely be the face mask. Indeed, face masks have become the banner of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is reasonable, as all ...

"These findings have important public health implications. Wearing a face mask did not lead to increased hand-to-face contact, but [was] associated with reduced hand-to-mucosa contact, which may add ...

Julia Schwarz has received funding from the Cambridge Language Sciences Incubator Fund, the ESRC, and the Gates Cambridge Trust. While mask-wearing is no longer required in many locations, it remains ...