“We live with bacteria and viruses in the ambient air and environment all the time,” says Rashid Chotani, M.D., a resident epidemiologist with HealthCentral. “So the more you wear a mask that has not ...

But according to a new survey, 79% of Americans aren’t washing their face masks after each use, and about 1 in 10 admitted they don’t wash their reusable cloth masks at all. The results, from ...

Cloth face masks are useful in protecting against the novel coronavirus — but only if you wash them after every use, according to a new study that found that reusing these face coverings over and over ...

Along with social distancing, wearing a face mask is one of the best tools we have for fighting COVID-19. Because of the low supply of medical-grade masks, many people have turned to cloth masks that ...

ATLANTA — Wearing face masks in public is important to help slow the spread of the COVID-19, but it's also just as important to make sure to wash the face coverings regularly to also help keep the ...

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Face coverings are enforced for many in enclosed public spaces throughout the UK. (Posed by a model, Getty Images) Face coverings should be washed every day to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, ...