Picking out your New Year’s Eve outfit? Consider upgrading your face mask while you’re at it. Public health experts are warning that the single-layer cloth masks that have become popular during the ...

One of the first critical items to disappear from store shelves during the Covid-19 pandemic were disposable medical-grade masks. What supplies remained were primarily reserved for medical ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — With new, more infectious variants of the coronavirus popping up in the U.S., it's more important than ever to not just wear a mask but to wear the right mask. In fact, one expert ...

DENVER — In late December, state health officials found the first case of the B-117 coronavirus variant in Colorado. As the country races to get the vaccine in arms, doctors urge the public to double ...

Home-made cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to prevent the dispersal of viral droplets from the nose and mouth that are associated with the spread of COVID-19 ...

Wearing a cloth mask over a surgical one can greatly reduce coronavirus transmission. Knotting and tucking a surgical mask so that it fits better is very effective, too. Other mask types can be paired ...

A new study suggests that homemade face masks with two or three layers may be more effective in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus compared with a single-layered face covering. Researchers ...

(CNN) — Home-made cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to prevent the dispersal of viral droplets from the nose and mouth that are associated with the spread of ...