The omicron variant of COVID-19 has health authorities encouraging folks to upgrade from cloth masks to N95s, KN95s or at the very least, surgical masks. Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, an allergist, ...

What Is an N95 Mask? According to the CDC, an N95 respirator (that’s the official term—respirator, not mask) is “a type of respirator which removes particles from the air that are breathed through it.

As the omicron variant of COVID-19 has surged in Connecticut, experts say masks remain an essential tool to control the spread of the virus. At the same time, the question of which type of mask to ...

As the coronavirus pandemic wears on for another year, health officials continue to stress the importance of wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19. Up until recently, the U.S. did not ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose previous advice about face coverings as a safeguard against COVID-19 paid little attention to large differences in the effectiveness of ...

People who said they always wore some type of face mask indoors were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared to those who did not, though high-quality N95 respirators and KN95 were better ...

A shortage of N95 masks in 2020 led the CDC to craft guidelines for healthcare workers who needed to reuse them for multiple shifts, but a new study, published Jan. 26 in JAMA, has found reuse of ...

The rollout of free N95 masks for the public began this week across the United States, with some pharmacies already handing out the masks and others expecting to do so in the coming days. The program ...

The spread of the more transmissible Omicron variant has prompted more public health experts to recommend wearing N95 face masks instead of cloth or surgical face coverings if possible. (Photo by Mark ...

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