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Share on Pinterest New research examines the protection offered by fit-tested N95 masks against airborne particles. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Healthcare workers rely on N95 ...
Two new studies shed more light on how people used measures to prevent and treat COVID-19. The first study was published on Jan. 26 in JAMA Health Forum. Researchers examined data to see how access to ...
In what the government is calling the “largest deployment of personal protective equipment in US history,” millions of free nonsurgical N95 respirators will arrive at pharmacies and community health ...
A shortage of N95 masks in 2020 led the CDC to craft guidelines for healthcare workers who needed to reuse them for multiple shifts, but a new study, published Jan. 26 in JAMA, has found reuse of ...
In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive 'duckbill' N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infected people from ...