NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...

Facing the surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, some colleges are upgrading their face-masking requirements for the spring semester. They say cloth ...

Amid a shortage of medical-grade masks, federal guidelines now recommend everyone wear face coverings out in public. Here's ...

AUSTIN, Texas — An epidemiologist with the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is encouraging people to switch out cloth masks for a "high quality" mask to stay protected against the ...

Visitors and patients at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center and other Piedmont Athens facilities must now wear medical masks as opposed to cloth masks. The new rule to prevent the spread of the ...

As health officials scramble to minimize spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, many experts have recommended that people switch from cloth or surgical masks to more-protective N95 and KN95 ...

A new study finds cloth masks are not as good as medical masks when it comes to preventing illness. The study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases says cloth masks are better than nothing, but ...

Results of a new study by environmental health scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that inexpensive cloth masks worn by people who hope to reduce their exposure to air ...