A large, randomized study from Stanford (Calif.) Medicine and New Haven, Conn.-based Yale offers the strongest evidence yet that wearing surgical masks can reduce community spread of COVID-19. The ...

During the first 10 months of Omicron activity the real-world benefit of mask-wearing in isolation was likely to be, at best, modest, said UK researchers. Mask wearing has been part of a package of ...

As cases of respiratory viruses rise in Rhode Island, the state’s largest health system is requiring masks at its hospitals ...

Domestic suppliers of N95 and surgical masks are crumbling as hospitals return to buying cheaper products abroad, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 4. About 70% of the startup mask companies ...

This draft recommendation does not specify what kind of mask to wear — either looser-fitting surgical masks or more fitted and tightly woven N95 respirators. The decision frustrated some advocates for ...

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen, 15-18 April). Please credit the congress if you ...

They’re everywhere — and they’re nowhere. Masks are stuffed into purses and coat pockets, glove boxes and book bags. They occasionally litter a parking lot or sidewalk and pop up unexpectedly amid a ...

The update reflects current epidemiological information reviewed by the health service that has determined a lower risk of ...

Starting Thursday, Dec. 18, Level 2 surgical masks must be worn by patients, staff and visitors during direct interactions.

One woman spent 12 hours sewing masks for hospital workers. A California woman spent 12 hours straight sewing masks for those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic -- and she's not stopping ...

With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu?

A man receives a COVID-19 test in the eastern suburbs of Sydney in September 2022. [AP Photo/Mark Baker] An administration worker at a large New South Wales (NSW) regional public hospital has ...