As the omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the United States at a staggering rate, parents may be wondering if their children’s cloth masks are the right face coverings for them.

Mask wearing in schools and indoor public places has become a hotly debated topic across the world, but research shows face coverings do help reduce the spread of Covid-19. To what extent masks offer ...

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 ...

Single-layer cloth masks may not provide adequate protection against the very infectious omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Many infectious disease experts ...

ATLANTA — Throughout most of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical experts have said any mask is better than no mask. But now the CDC is considering an update to its mask guidance and potentially ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its mask-wearing advice over the weekend to clarify that some masks are more effective at preventing the spread of COVID than others ...

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The CDC hasn’t updated its guidance on masks to recommend wearing a higher-quality mask in the face of the omicron variant. But experts recommend that single-layer cloth masks are not protective ...

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first recommended that everyone wear a cloth mask in public in April 2020, there weren’t enough highly protective N95 respirators to go around. For ...

Californians looking to comply with the statewide indoor masking order should consider upgrading their masks, according to state guidelines. The California Department of Public Health recommends ...

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