Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 100% of N95 masks pass fit tests after 3 years, suggesting annual tests are not necessary. Moving to ...

N95 masks require shaving beards to ensure a good fit. Masks are at the forefront of people’s minds as health care workers continue to face shortages during the coronavirus pandemic. Together with ...

The CDC guidelines are clear: while a cloth mask is sufficient for viruses like Covid-19, they are not a substitution for personal protective equipment (PPE). However, even if you are wearing the ...

What changed in the CDC guidelines? The CDC currently recommends that you “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.” The question, then, is what type ...

Share on Pinterest New research examines the protection offered by fit-tested N95 masks against airborne particles. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Healthcare workers rely on N95 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Exposing contaminated N95 respirators to vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) or ultraviolet (UV) ...

Through the Omicron surge and the at-home covid test shortage, it became clear we all needed to search for the best N95 masks (or KN95) we could find — especially since the CDC has stated that cloth ...

A shortage of N95 masks in 2020 led the CDC to craft guidelines for healthcare workers who needed to reuse them for multiple shifts, but a new study, published Jan. 26 in JAMA, has found reuse of ...

In a recent study published in The American Journal of Medicine, researchers assessed 3D printed masks as an alternative to N95 respirators. Study: Face Off: 3D Printed Masks as a Cost-Effective and ...

Trying to keep up with changing masking guidance from public health officials has been challenging to say the least. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first said that masks weren’t ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed sex and gender differences across every aspect of our lives including in the availability and design of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care ...