In the nascent days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jiaxing Huang watched as the novel virus overwhelmed the hospitals in his native China. A professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern ...

Copper face masks are selling out online due to antimicrobial claims stemming from recent research and evidence. These claims are unsubstantiated because it's often unclear how much copper is being ...

Now that face masks are the norm, we’re all getting smarter about what we choose to cover up with. No one wants to sweat or suffocate. Even more frustrating? Our fogged-up glasses, courtesy of awkward ...

More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, wearing a cloth mask has become a way of life for many Americans. Public health experts recommend them to prevent the wearer from spreading any ...

SINGAPORE, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Yappie Pte. Ltd. ("Yappie") announced that Korea's Copperline Mask has been independently verified to be the first face mask in Asia to kill SARS-CoV-2 ...

Let's face it: None of us expected that here in the waning days of 2021 face masks would still be part of our daily wardrobe. But the pandemic's not done with us yet, so we might as well get smart ...

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. – Employees manning the frontlines of customer service, whether behind the hotel front desk or the restaurant counter, come face-to-face with folks from all walks of life for hours ...

Face masks currently available to the public aren’t tested for virus prevention, and scientists are researching copper-coated fabrics and gene detectors to fight disease transmission, MIT researchers ...