The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

We thought we were almost done with masks. Then omicron hit, reminding us that even with vaccines, COVID is likely to stick around as an endemic, resurfacing with new variants. And so cyclical masking ...

Also, addressing the challenge around the growing shortage of surgical masks in Europe, several countries including China are providing surgical masks and coronavirus testing kits to help the European ...

Global medical technology company Halyard Health, formerly Kimberly-Clark Health Care, has introduced a new line of fluid-protective specialty surgical face masks to its product offerings. Although it ...

World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare workers, not inferior surgical masks.

While there are still many uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one thing that remains indisputable: Masks play an important role in slowing the spread. At the start of the ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and when maximum protection is needed against air-born infections, the N95 respirator has remained the gold standard of personal protective equipment. However, it is ...

This study asked a very interesting question, given the considerable cost difference between the 2 modes of protection against respiratory infections (N95 respirators cost much more than surgical ...

As the human toll of the coronavirus continues to mount, so does the cost that comes with living during a pandemic. Cloth and disposable surgical masks have become staples of pandemic life as many ...

A new study from the California Department of Public Health found that your odds of testing positive for COVID-19 are 83% lower if wearing an N95 or KN95 mask while indoors compared to no mask. The ...