In an extensive review of various face masks published in September 2020 in the journal Science Advances, researchers from Duke University found surgical face masks are the second-best option to ...

As masks become key to our wardrobes, some women advocate for expressive styles. Others insist only surgical masks are acceptable. We argue both sides.

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The CDC also recommends that healthcare providers to use "homemade masks" as a last resort to care for COVID-19 patients in the event that N95 respirators or surgical masks are not available.

In East Asia — namely in countries such as China, Taiwan, and Japan, among others — surgical masks are not only worn by sick people hoping to prevent the spread of illness but also for air ...

Surgical masks work very well in preventing spread of COVID-19, biggest ever study finds In a real-time study of 350,000 people in Bangladesh, real-world results wowed researchers ...

Surgical and N95 masks should neither be washed nor sprayed with bleach or a disinfectant like Lysol. To do so would weaken the mask structurally and make it less effective.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have devised a transparent surgical face mask that will ...

In Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus has killed at least 106 people and sickened 4,515 more, wearing face masks is mandatory. Half a world way in the US, major retailers are selling out of ...

“Surgical face masks can be bought at big box stores or even gas stations, but these vary in quality,” Jubanyik told The Post. “Some are very good, ...

A bus passenger wearing a face mask to guard against coronavirus in London, England in March, 2020. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. While respirators are vastly more effective than 17th century ...

A modified surgical face mask containing a specialized breath sensor can accurately detect when someone has kidney disease, according to a new research published Wednesday in the journal ACS Sensors.