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 Government is set to change the guidance on wearing masks in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Following a meeting on April 21, experts passed on research to the government showing ...

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Rhode Islanders are preparing to pull up their masks once again amid new rules from Gov. Dan McKee in an effort to stop the surge of COVID-19 cases. Starting Monday, large venues must require masks ...

The coronavirus pandemic could be curbed if at least 70 percent of the public wore masks, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at the physics of difference face coverings, including their material ...

Wearing a cloth mask may not shield the user from coronavirus because too many infected droplets can slip through, a study has claimed. Scientists at New Mexico State University, in the US, studied ...