Experts say frontline health workers are still at high risk of COVID-19 infections, but new research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases finds using a fit-tested N95 mask indoors along with a HEPA air filter system significantly reduces that risk.
According to the study, vir
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Q: Now that airlines have dropped mask mandates, is it OK to let my kids travel without masks?
A: The judge’s ruling striking down the federal mask mandate on public transportation and in transit hubs and the subse
Thailand’s Department of Health says a survey on face masks conducted during Songkran reveals that more than 90% of the population in Thailand wears face masks in public spaces. However, another 5-10% “refused” to wear face masks, saying they are “uncomfortable”.<
Pregnancy can be many things: exciting, nerve-racking, magical and sometimes itchy. If your stretch marks have been dry and irritated or the skin on your growing middle feels really tight and uncomfortable, you may benefit from spending a few minutes under a belly sheet mask. It’s like a fac
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As Omicron and other COVID-19 variants continue to hang on, causing wave after wave of illness, many people are making sure to restock their face mask supply. You don’t want to be caught short of them, especially in the colder months as more peo
Although respirators with one-way exhalation valves can make wearing a mask more comfortable, their use as a way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in public has been discouraged. The thinking is that valves do not effectively filter particles as exhaled air passes through them, but few studies
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Mass transit riders wear masks as they commute in the financial district of lower Manhattan Tuesday. Credit: AP/John Minchillo
Yet another pandemic mandate has ended, this one after a federal judge in Florida ruled Monday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked a
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by Christina Ianzito, AARP, April 19, 2022
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has stopped enforcing the longtime COVID-19 requirement that passengers wear face masks o