As health officials scramble to minimize spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, many experts have recommended that ...

Amid a shortage of medical-grade masks, federal guidelines now recommend everyone wear face coverings out in public. Here's ...

In a new study of mask usage published by the American Institute of Physics, researchers found that if 70% of people wore surgical masks, the pandemic would be "eradicated." According to the article, ...

Compared to surgical masks, N95 respirators aren’t superior when it comes to protecting healthcare workers from contracting acute respiratory infections from patients, according to a new study in CMAJ ...

NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...

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 ...

A University of Alberta engineering researcher has developed a new way to treat common surgical masks so they are capable of trapping and killing airborne viruses. His research findings appear in the ...