Five months after coronavirus took root in the U.S., face masks remain one of the most controversial and confusing parts of the pandemic. Changing public-health messaging hasn’t helped. In March, when ...

Vipingo Ridge administration manager Chilson Lwangu (right) distributes face masks to fishermen at Shariani in Kilifi County. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] Experts found one layer of cotton T-shirt ...

In light of new research, the CDC is once again emphasizing wearing a face mask with a proper fit and multiple layers to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Experts say if you have to keep adjusting your ...

DETROIT – Researchers are learning more about what makes a cloth mask more effective against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). A new study in the medical journal, Thorax, indicates that layers are ...

C Raina MacIntyre receives funding from NHMRC: the NHRMC Centre for Research Excellence in Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER) (grant number 1107393) and NHMRC Principal Research ...

New research shows adding a filter and improving the fit makes a cloth mask work even better. By Tara Parker-Pope Is it time to upgrade your mask? By now most of us have settled on a preferred cloth ...