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.

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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on Jan. 14, 2022. The ...

Christian L'Orange receives funding associated with the testing and evaluation of testing masks including fee-for-service testing and funding from the World Health Organization. The Centers for ...

NHS England has said GPs and practice staff should not routinely use FFP2 respirators because surgical face masks give ‘very good protection’. GPs were told in an NHS England webinar that they should ...

Standard surgical masks don’t fully seal around a person’s face, allowing for more participle exposure. But simply adding two rubber bands may improve the seal and offer N95 respirator-level ...

The Scottish Police Federation has claimed new personal protective equipment for officers will not provide any "meaningful protection". Police Scotland announced staff would be given surgical face ...

With new and more transmissible Covid-19 variants doing the rounds, Germany has made it mandatory to wear medical-grade masks in public settings, which tells us a lot about how effective cloth masks ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

With surging pollution, masks provide a protective layer against the harms. While N95 masks are the gold standard for ...