As the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 makes its way through the country, there’s no better time to upgrade your face mask. For the past two years, health experts and the U.S ...

Poor government messaging also means many people mistakenly assume surgical and cloth masks provide equivalent virus protection to KN95 or N95 masks. Some Americans have steadfastly resisted ...

Cloth face masks, often cobbled together as a makeshift alternative when stocks of surgical masks run low, and sometimes worn as a fashion statement, offer no practical protection against the ...

Dr Conall Watson, Consultant Epidemiologist at the UK Health Security Agency ... to be that you should consider wearing a face mask." The virus can spread through coughing, sneezing or person ...