Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he ...

MARYLAND - University of Maryland Medical System facilities are requiring masks in patient care areas. UM Shore Regional ...

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of medical-grade N95 face masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage — yet doctors and nurses say there still aren't enough to ...

With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu?

The pandemic has upended a lot of aspects in our lives, but it may have also changed what we find attractive in others. Medical masks, originally a social taboo associated with sickness and disease, ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Regular medical masks might provide protection similar to that of N95 respirators in preventing ...

A standard medical face mask is more effective at preventing the wearer from inhaling aerosols without causing substantial breathing resistance than various cloth, medical, or respirator masks, new ...

In a recent article published in ACP Journals, researchers determined whether medical (surgical) masks were non-inferior to N95 respirators in preventing a severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

How grassroots efforts are providing medical personnel with much-needed PPE. Just a little over a week ago, Mericien Venzon was a typical fourth-year medical student at New York University. Dan Lurie ...

Luie loves to play RPGs and is a big fan of Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, Persona, and the Bokujo Monogatari series. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that people live their lives outside.

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of medical-grade N95 face masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage, yet doctors and nurses say there still aren’t enough to ...