NIOSH-approved N95 respirators are the most protective type of face mask, according to the CDC. Doctors explain how to shop ...

N95 respirators get tested in a fit test lab ... The respirator — don’t call it a mask — was sold largely to industrial customers for decades. And that’s again the primary market, now ...

Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID emergency, here's what the research says about face masks.

To remedy the N95-standard face mask shortage at Japan hospitals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a medical institution and three companies in the Kansai region have teamed to develop and produce ...

Let’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral ...

Masks were one of the most polarizing parts of the COVID pandemic. Five years later, have we moved closer to a compromise?

A Duke study showed that less than 0.1% of droplets were transmitted through an N95 mask while the wearer was speaking. That's why they're generally reserved for healthcare workers. But the Food ...

The coronavirus outbreak around the globe has led to a shortage of protective face masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says healthcare workers should use homemade masks as a last ...