Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's important to mask up in the face of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Cloth masks don't offer adequate protection, so ...

With the delta variant surging and health officials urging indoor mask use — and requiring masks indoors for many Bay Area locations — you've likely pulled out ...

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, case rates are at a record high in America as the highly infectious omicron variant spreads. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX)-- Experts are warning that in the face of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 people should upgrade from their cloth face masks. They say while the cloth masks were some of the only ...

• A new study found that washing and drying reusable cloth masks can still work after several washes. • After 52 washes, cloth masks still effectively filtered the virus out. • Cloth masks offer some ...

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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 ...

What changed in the CDC guidelines? The CDC currently recommends that you “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.” The question, then, is what type ...