N95 masks require shaving beards to ensure a good fit. Masks are at the forefront of people’s minds as health care workers continue to face shortages during the coronavirus pandemic. Together with ...

A lot of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus comes down to a seemingly simple concept: Wearing a mask. But the issue has proven a thorny one. Health authorities have changed their ...

Valve masks are a type of N95 mask with a one-way valve. The novel coronavirus pandemic brought society a new definition of normal which now includes wearing face masks. While the benefits of masks ...

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If a good eye mask can help you manage light so it’s easier to fall asleep, the best weighted eye masks take things one step further. These soft masks impart all the benefits of weighted blankets, but ...

If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember that line from “The Lone Ranger” — a weekly morality play, first broadcast on the radio in the 1930s, in which the hero wore a mask to hide not from ...