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, ...

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — Surgical masks continue to be in very short supply across the country as the coronavirus continues to spread. The head of Providence Medical Centers has said some of their ...

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 ...

The stance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on face masks has taken many twists and turns throughout the COVID pandemic. After initially claiming face coverings weren’t necessary, the ...

Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person's exposure to the ...

A South Florida mask maker gears up – again – to make millions of masks. In October, Karla Arguello stood on a balcony overlooking her family company's mask manufacturing and warehouse. A handful of ...

A team of researchers says it has demonstrated that discarded surgical masks can be converted into value-added chemicals through a pyrolysis thermal decomposition process. The international team of ...

The stance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on face masks has taken many twists and turns throughout the COVID pandemic. After initially claiming face coverings weren’t ...