Masks provide protection from COVID-19, says a new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. “Masking in the community to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that ...

NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...

Wearing a face mask in public (especially when social distancing isn’t possible) can help reduce the spread of COVID-19, but not all masks are created equal. Some masks are more effective than others ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance that recent studies have indicated that cloth masks offer more protection against the coronavirus than previously thought. Previous ...

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 ...

A comprehensive review article published in the journal Eye claims that prolonged face mask wearing due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is unlikely to cause any serious ...

Health experts are urging the public to mask up in crowded spaces to curb the spread of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus during the holiday season. “We had a really good reason to wear a ...