The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on Jan. 14, 2022 to clarify that some masks offer more protection than others as the highly transmissible omicron variant of ...
SAN DIEGO — Public health officials are urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted. They are also recommending people upgrade from a cloth mask to a higher quality medical grade mask, but what is ...
MaryKay Schladweiler is on a mission. "I came in to look at snow shovels and masks," she says. "Somebody told me this hardware store has masks." She’s among those scouring the shelves of a south ...
It’s clear that wearing face masks during the pandemic could save countless lives and that caring for reusable masks properly is essential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends ...
Many people have multiple masks that they swap out while venturing out of their homes, but regardless of the number, it's important to keep your masks clean and yourself safe. One way to do that is to ...
An Airman receives a cloud of smoke to test the ventilation of his N95 mask issue at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait March 13, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes) To combat ...
Along with social distancing, wearing a face mask is one of the best tools we have for fighting COVID-19. Because of the low supply of medical-grade masks, many people have turned to cloth masks that ...