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 ...

The study, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic Phoenix and the University of Tulsa (Okla.), involved 100 participants who successfully completed quantitative fit testing while wearing a 3M 1870+ ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK A woman wearing a protective N95 mask. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images) The U.S. has just had another spike in Covid-19 infection. At the same time, influenza and RSV infections have also ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — University of Rochester students start coming back to campus on Thursday. They went online for most of January when the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in ...