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 ...

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

The company offers the Surgical Face Mask - with Ties Blue (2205) and Surgical Face Mask - with Ties & Plastic Shield Blue (2206). These are flexible and have fluid-resistant shields to protect the ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, a team of Norwegian researchers conducted a pragmatic randomized trial to examine whether wearing surgical face masks while in public spaces resulted in a lower ...

The FDA narrowed its umbrella emergency use authorization for disposable, single-use surgical masks used in healthcare on March 6 after more than two years of the EUA prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Surgical masks can ward off COVID-19 just as well as N95s for healthcare workers exposed to patients infected with that virus, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests. To report that this ...

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 ...

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 modified surgical face mask ask analyzes a person's breath to look for gases that are associated with kidney disease, researchers said. Adobe stock/HealthDay May 8 (UPI) --Wearing a face mask to ...

A new study exploring the impact of these masks has been published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters. The improper disposal of surgical masks, which have seen a drastic ...