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The omicron variant of COVID-19 has health authorities encouraging folks to upgrade from cloth masks to N95s, KN95s or at the very least, surgical masks. Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, an allergist, ...

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The Omicron variant has been detected in 37 states less than three weeks after being named a variant of concern by the WHO (Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images) The Omicron variant has been detected in 37 U.S ...

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Wearing a mask is one way to reduce the spread of COVID-19. There are many types, including surgical masks, cloth masks, and respirators. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, usually transmits ...

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first recommended that everyone wear a cloth mask in public in April 2020, there weren’t enough highly protective N95 respirators to go around. For ...