World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare ...

Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid ...

Global health experts have called on the WHO to update guidelines and recommend respirator-grade masks for routine use in ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical evidence, but their effectiveness depends on the type of mask used. Social media ...

A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Grenoble Alpes—Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has shown that from the age of two, children ...

All patients, visitors, and staff at Brown University Health hospitals are required to wear masks amid an uptick in ...

Masks saved an untold number of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, the resulting plastic pollution from those masks is concerning scientists. A new study found that disposable face masks, or ...

Elon Musk has ignited a fresh storm over the future of medicine by telling students that going to medical school is “pointless” because AI-powered robots will outperform human doctors within three ...

As cases of respiratory viruses rise in Rhode Island, the state’s largest health system is requiring masks at its hospitals ...