President Trump, who along with the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus, has long downplayed the importance of wearing face masks in public. At Tuesday night's presidential debate, Trump ...

Masks slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by reducing how much infected people spray the virus into the environment around them when they cough or talk. Evidence from laboratory experiments, hospitals and ...

Researchers have used high-speed videos of a person sneezing to identify the optimal cloth mask design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks became a way to help protect yourself and others ...

TAMPA, Fla. - It might be time to upgrade your face masks. A study from Virginia Tech found that the type of cloth material used to make a mask matters for protecting against the spread of COVID-19.

In recent months, some European airlines have banned the use of cloth face coverings to control the spread of the coronavirus during air travel, instead favoring surgical masks — sometimes referred to ...