A three-layer homemade mask is the ideal coverings, according to researchers at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu?

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

As students return to school and employees head back to the office all with new safety protocols likely including wearing a mask, a new study from Duke University explores which masks are more ...

Researchers found that simple multi-layered cloth masks and surgical masks work well enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Pixabay/) Until 2020, if your job or health didn’t require it, it ...

After questioning the value of general mask wearing early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided the practice was so demonstrably effective that it should be ...