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Though mask restrictions are easing across the country (and around the world), officials say you shouldn’t be taking off your masks just yet, especially if you’re in crowded places or starting to ...

Though statewide coronavirus mask mandates have expired, many people have opted to continue wearing them to keep germs and other airborne viruses at bay. And with face masks now a common wardrobe ...

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of medical-grade N95 face masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage — yet doctors and nurses say there still aren't enough to ...

While the mask mandates born during the Covid-19 crisis have slowly disappeared for the most part, proper N95 mask can help protect you from both the spread of germs and disease as well as airborne ...

It's been nearly two years since COVID-19 first reared its ugly head. Perhaps you've found what works for you when it comes to PPE—may it be a favorite type of mask, favorite brand of hand sanitizer ...

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious omicron COVID-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

Health care workers are prepared to protect themselves with Chinese-manufactured KN95 masks if faced with continued N95 respirator shortages, leading to the question: What is the difference between ...

The spread of the more transmissible Omicron variant has prompted more public health experts to recommend wearing N95 face masks instead of cloth or surgical face coverings if possible. (Photo by Mark ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science This is not like the time that you miscalculated your ...

Nearly a year ago, Brian Wolin got involved because he wanted to help. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, reports from inside hospitals were that health care workers were reusing N95s for ...

As health officials scramble to minimize spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, many experts have recommended that people switch from cloth or surgical masks to more-protective N95 and KN95 ...