TAMPA, Fla. - It might be time to upgrade your face masks. A study from Virginia Tech found that the type of cloth material used to make a mask matters for protecting against the spread of COVID-19.

President Trump, who along with the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus, has long downplayed the importance of wearing face masks in public. At Tuesday night's presidential debate, Trump ...

Researchers have used high-speed videos of a person sneezing to identify the optimal cloth mask design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks became a way to help protect yourself and others ...

Lots of experts had been saying it for a while, but now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made it official by revising its guidelines to recommend Americans wear “the most protective ...

Cloth masks may be one of our best lines of defense against the novel coronavirus, but they’re far from perfect. Compared to gold-standard N95 respirators, fabric face coverings aren’t as good at ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health authorities are encouraging people to make cloth face masks at home to guard against the spread of the coronavirus amid a shortage of surgical masks. Thailand, ...