The pandemic has upended a lot of aspects in our lives, but it may have also changed what we find attractive in others. Medical masks, originally a social taboo associated with sickness and disease, ...

P95 and N95 are rating classifiers for masks manufactured to keep people from inhaling dust and other small particles in unsafe environments.

Forget Gua Sha face stones, ice rollers and lip fillers, you probably already have the simplest and most effective tool to make your face more attractive: a blue medical mask. As the world grapples ...

A standard medical face mask is more effective at preventing the wearer from inhaling aerosols without causing substantial breathing resistance than various cloth, medical, or respirator masks, new ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Regular medical masks might provide protection similar to that of N95 respirators in preventing ...

While getting vaccinated is still the ideal way to protect yourself and others against COVID-19, the lowly mask remains a potent weapon. "It's another layer of protection," says John Segreti, MD, an ...

Facing the surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, some colleges are upgrading their face-masking requirements for the spring semester. They say cloth ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As COVID- 19 cases surge and as the highly contagious Omicron variant becomes more prevalent in Los Angeles County the great mask debate has sparked once again. "I've actually ...

How grassroots efforts are providing medical personnel with much-needed PPE. Just a little over a week ago, Mericien Venzon was a typical fourth-year medical student at New York University. Dan Lurie ...

Two words that have prompted furious debate during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion just isn't going away – and now Cardiff University experts have discovered a surprising new reason to mask up.

It's important to mask up in the face of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Cloth masks don't offer adequate protection, so opt for an approved medical-grade mask instead. Beware of counterfeit ...

DoNoHarm BC is calling on B.C. to reinstate mask mandates in medical settings in order to protect patients from medical harm.