U.S. public health officials on Friday updated it's mask guidance and is encouraging the public to wear N95 or KN95 masks to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Those types of masks are considered better...

Healthcare professionals say now may be the right time to upgrade your face masks, according to the Wallstreet Journal. As infections surge due to the highly contagious Omicron variant, even if you're vaccinated, medical experts are...

As the coronavirus continues to spike across the country, some experts say that mask guidance should identify the kind of masks the public should be using, according to expert interviews published in the The Washing...

There are many different mask options to choose from, however according to an article in the medical journal Science Advances, fitted, non-valved N95 masks are the best mask option and offer the highest level of protection. The biggest...

With the spike in COVID-19 Delta variant cases in the US, you may want to trade up your cloth mask for a high quality N95 particulate respirator. According to the U.S. government, the N95 particulate...

The coronavirus pandemic has made people around the world use face masks on a daily basis, with no end in sight. Making sure you're protecting yourself and others with a high-quality mask is critically important, but with...

The nation's top public health official, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, said vaccinated individuals may be able to spread COVID-19 and should resume wearing masks in certain conditions....

Some international airline companies say cloth masks do not provide adequate protection like higher quality N95 masks. As the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing, air travelers may have to make sure their mask is in compliance by an...

A new study has found that N95 masks are more effective than surgical, and cloth coverings guarding against COVID-19.  "The results show that a standard surgical and three-ply cloth masks ... filter at apparent efficiencies of...

Pediatricians are seeing more kids fall sick to COVID-19. This development had not been widely seen over the past 18 months of the coronavirus pandemic. Data from the Arizona Department of Health Services shows the delta variant is...

New COVID-19 cases are spiking nationwide in the US, accelerated by the more transmissible Delta variant and a decline in vaccinations — adding fears of a virus resurgence as President Biden pleads with unvaccinated Americans to get the jab....

(USA TODAY) The World Health Organization has urged fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks indoors and practice social distancing as the delta variant surges in many parts of the world.  “People cannot feel safe just...

The Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading so rapidly in the U.S. that it will likely become the dominant strain in weeks, according to U.S. scientists. The spread of the variant was first detected in...

The coronavirus pandemic has been ongoing for nearly 15 months, and has changed life seemingly forever. Thankfully with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and restrictions easing around the country, many of the activities we all enjoyed pre-pandemic may...

(3M Blog) During the COVID-19 pandemic, 3M has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on this effort. Recently, this ongoing collaboration helped prevent more than 10 million counterfeit respirators from reaching frontline workers. “3M...