The FDA narrowed its umbrella emergency use authorization for disposable, single-use surgical masks used in healthcare on March 6 after more than two years of the EUA prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Face masks, like any article of clothing, get dirty with wear. They can also carry the coronavirus if an infected person comes in contact with you. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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

Breathing through effective masks is difficult. There's a pressure drop associated with the filtration (which is what forces the air around the seams which is why proper use of an N95 mask should ...

In a recent study published in Environmental Research, researchers investigated whether surgical and N95 face masks cause respiratory distress in children. In the present study, researchers assessed ...

A recent article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine illustrated the eight update alert of the review on masks for preventing respiratory virus infections, including severe acute respiratory ...

The use of transparent face masks may mitigate the effects of surgical face masks. A team of researchers from Japan, led by Professor Jun I. Kawahara at Hokkaido University and Associate Professor ...