Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended cloth face coverings for the general public, many have relied on those while reserving medical masks, such as N95 respirators, for ...

“We live with bacteria and viruses in the ambient air and environment all the time,” says Rashid Chotani, M.D., a resident epidemiologist with HealthCentral. “So the more you wear a mask that has not ...

The CDC recommends wearing a face mask that covers your nose and mouth when leaving your home for essentials like groceries and prescriptions. Some types of masks are not intended for reuse, but there ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing face coverings to slow the spread of coronavirus, but for those who wear disposable masks, there's a frequent question: Can ...

If you’re wearing a face mask with a little plastic valve embedded in it, you should know that valves compromise the effectiveness of the mask—and this is true whether your mask is a hardware-store ...

The mask. It's all about the mask. Choosing a face mask or three, wearing a face mask, figuring out how to wash a face mask. Even as some places have begun to open back up (probably prematurely), you ...

Gov. Charlie Baker's executive order requiring just about everyone in the state to wear face masks in public takes effect Wednesday. It applies to people are in stores, on public transit, and outdoors ...

In early April, after experts recommended masks for all of us to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, I bought cloth masks from a seamstress friend who was sewing them like crazy from her home in ...