The discovery of new COVID variants and a relatively small increase in the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations have helped put face masks back in the spotlight. The Centers for Disease Control ...

With a future pandemic looming as an inevitability, it is important to devise a better solution soon. Researchers uncover disturbing impact of COVID-19-era face masks: 'We must consider safer designs' ...

Wearing face masks may not have lowered the risk of COVID infection after the first Omicron wave, new research has shown. But that does not mean that face masks aren't useful, regardless. The wearing ...

Brian is a Boston-based Forbes breaking news reporter. Officials in New York City this week reportedly urged residents to wear masks in public as a new strain of Covid-19 continues to spread ...

At the height of the pandemic, the world rightly used more than 100 billion disposable face masks per month. Now the ...

Oregon will soon require people to wear masks outdoors in public settings where physical distancing isn't possible, the governor said Tuesday, in response to near-state-record COVID-19 cases and ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Citing continued increases in transmission of COVID-19, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is re-implementing a mandate requiring residents to wear masks while ...

WASHINGTON -- Millions of counterfeit masks have been seized by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials since the start of the pandemic. But the last few months have seen an "exponential ...

QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. -- An Arizona mom's worst fear came true when her 5-year-old daughter tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks after her school year started. Heidi Kim's 5-year-old daughter, Irene, ...

In 2021, video game accessory manufacturer Razer announced its plans to release a mask that people could wear to help stop the spread of covid-19 during the height of the (ongoing) pandemic. Now, ...