Face mask rules are changing again. The UK government has now decided that face coverings will also be required when visiting cinemas, museums, galleries, places of worship and anywhere else you might ...

Study shows reusable masks may leach harmful metals into aquatic environments, emphasizing the environmental risks of metal nanoparticles in manufacturing.

• A new study found that washing and drying reusable cloth masks can still work after several washes. • After 52 washes, cloth masks still effectively filtered the virus out. • Cloth masks offer some ...

Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, infectious disease epidemiologist and science communication lead at The COVID Tracking Project, says to think of your face masks like they're underwear. "Just change it ...

The reusable cloth masks people have been using for the past year or more may look a little worse for the wear. But new research from the University of Colorado Boulder finds that washing and drying ...

MILWAUKEE - Wearing a mask is part of our daily routine amid the coronavirus. Many of us wear reusable masks. Contact 6 wanted to know what bacteria may be lingering inside our masks and whether it's ...

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