Gas masks have apparently become a hot commodity near Ferguson, Mo., after more than a week of clashes between police and protesters since an officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.

Israel has a shortage of civilian gas masks, but you wouldn’t know it from walking down Manhattan’s St. Mark’s Place, where the masks are on sale in half a dozen stores for a mere $25 each. The ...

Anyone who’s ever been to a head shop has seen the gas mask bong. And while everyone’s probably seen one of these things before, far fewer people have smoked out of one. So what’s the deal with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KN95 masks are similar to N95 masks but data has shown that their effectiveness can be slightly below that of an N95 mask.(Photo ...

Can household items be transformed into effective gas masks? This is one craft project that could leave you choked up. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and ...

An emergency gas mask that can be made at home was demonstrated in Manhattan last week by the American Women’s Voluntary Services. The necessary materials can be found in almost any house: a bathing ...

One hundred years ago last month, Allied forces stood their ground in Ypres, preventing the larger and better-equipped German army from taking control of that strategic town in western Belgium. The ...