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

A large Danish study suggests that face masks may only offer the wearer limited protection against COVID-19 infection. Researchers found there was no statistically significant difference in the number ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Western countries have begun to embrace the mass public use of face masks to combat coronavirus in a growing ...

The masks pictured may offer some limited protection to the wearer, and can stop them spreading it if they are infected. Hospital staff are required to wear these masks, but they may also wear ...

The UK Health Security Agency is urging people to take extra steps to help avoid the flu, including wearing a mask, getting ...

While surgical masks won’t remove the chance of contracting Covid-19, there is evidence which suggests they reduce the chance of infection, the severity of infection and the spread of the disease.

Wearing a face mask can protect you from the coronavirus as well as stopping you spreading it to others, according to scientists. Officials in Britain insist the main benefit of wearing face coverings ...

WEARING a face mask does help protect you from catching Covid-19 – and from spreading it to others, experts have claimed. Researchers have found coverings will only allow a lower dose of the virus to ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. “Proper masks do help, particularly for healthcare workers. For our frontline healthcare ...

From today, face masks are mandatory in shops and supermarkets in England as the country continues it fight against coronavirus. While some have been wearing masks for several weeks now, it will be a ...

The use of a face mask alone in public is not enough to protect healthy people from contracting Covid-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. In updated guidance published on Monday, WHO ...

Wearing a mask can help protect you, not just those around you, from coronavirus transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance Tuesday. The statement was an update ...