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 ...
How can consumers know how much protection their face covering really offers? A new Duke University study attempts to answer that very question. The study conducted at Duke will help not only in the ...
Sen. Rand Paul and others are slamming former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci after he defended the efficacy of masks on an individual basis ...
After questioning the value of general mask wearing early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided the practice was so demonstrably effective that it should be ...
A medical assistant working at a drive-up coronavirus testing clinic in Puyallup, Wash., on Jan. 4. (Ted S. Warren/AP) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate covid-19 ...
Massachusetts K-12 students and staff should be tested for COVID-19 before classes resume in September, while government, education and business leaders should outline clear plans for when mask ...
The researchers measured the fit, or degree in which the respirator seals to the face, of the envo ® mask quarter-facepiece respirator using an OSHA-approved fit test, then measured fit during three ...