If you do venture out wearing masks and gloves, here’s how to clean them, when to dispose of them, and why you ultimately shouldn’t fear harboring the coronavirus on the rest of your clothes.

Over the course of weeks, I tested the top-rated CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Face Mask Series 2, which uses red, near-infrared and deep near-infrared light to reduce wrinkles, increase skin ...

Federal officials still wanted to reserve surgical masks and N95 masks for frontline health care workers. States then began introducing requirements that individuals wear face coverings in public.

"You should look for masks made of cotton, which is natural, less irritable, and breathable, making it suitable for most skin types," says Dr. Levine. The other worthy option? Bio-cellulose ...

It’s time for masks to enter the chat. At the beginning of a pandemic caused by a novel or newly mutated virus, there may be no vaccine, no firm knowledge about how bad things will get and no ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic took off in 2020, so too did questions over the effectiveness of wearing a face mask to prevent ...

Full-face snorkel masks have been a subject of debate amongst the scientific community. The mask was ruled partially responsible for the death of a British woman in Egypt, a coroner said.

The world bought 928 billion face masks at a cost of $389 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recently compiled data. With a global population of 8 billion, that means about 116 ...

Visitors to Banner Health hospitals and medical facilities, including to emergency departments, don't have to wear face masks anymore. The Phoenix-based company made the announcement on Valentine ...

Masks are advised to protect against what is being called the “tripledemic” — a confluence of influenza, coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that already is straining hospitals ...

Yamey is a physician and professor of global health and public policy at Duke University, where he directs the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health During the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were ...