The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

1. What changed in the CDC guidelines? The CDC currently recommends that you “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.” The question, then, is what ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Not many Soldiers know about the Protection Assessment Test System laboratory, located in a nondescript building in the back of Redstone Arsenal, but they all benefit from its ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upgraded its guidance on face masks last week, encouraging people to use National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health-approved N95 respirators or ...

A new meta-analysis finds that wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic—even N95 masks—may not have afforded individuals any more protection against the virus. Researchers from various prestigious ...

(CNN) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask information for the American public on Friday, including clarifying that certain types of masks and respirators offer more ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As the omicron variant tears through Southern California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now updating its guidance, telling Americans that cloth masks provide ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story included a factually inaccurate quote about the restrictiveness of N95 masks. The researcher later said he misspoke, and the story has since been updated ...

A new study has shown that wearing two masks can do more to protect against COVID-19. State health officials have acknowledged the increased protection a second mask provides. State epidemiologist Dr.

CHARLOTTE — There may still be some questions about how to protect one another from spreading the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Medical experts urge everyone to use N95 and KN95 masks instead of ...