The CDC recommends wearing a cloth face covering in public - whether it be homemade or purchased. Wearing a cloth mask can help reduce the spread of COVID-19, whether you're showing symptoms or not.

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 ...

With the spiraling coronavirus outbreak numbers in cities and states across the country, U.S. health officials are once again urging people to wear a mask indoors in public, regardless of their ...

Here’s yet another excellent reason to mask up: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that cloth face masks do help protect the wearer, not just the people around them.

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. In the past year, face masks became integral to our daily routines, ...

Researchers have used high-speed videos of a person sneezing to identify the optimal cloth mask design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks became a way to help protect yourself and others ...

C Raina MacIntyre receives funding from NHMRC, MRFF and has consulted for Ascend Performance Materials, Detmold Group and Cleanspace in the last 5 years. Lisa M Brosseau has no research funding. Trish ...

Heavy duty N95 and KN95 masks are best at warding of COVID-19, while commonly worn surgical and cloth face coverings filter only about 10 percent of exhaled aerosols, according to a new study. “The ...

The update in guidance comes as coronavirus cases continue to soar. By Apoorva Mandavilli The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday clarified its stance on various kinds of masks, ...

The reusable cloth masks people have been using for the past year or more may look a little worse for the wear. But new research from the University of Colorado Boulder finds that washing and drying ...