The Canadian government and World Health Organization funded a rigorous international peer-reviewed study a year ago that found no statistically significant difference between N95s and surgical masks.

At the end of July, the CDC made new mask recommendations for mask wearing because lots more people were getting infected, going to the hospital, and dying from COVID-19. In general, they are saying ...

This study asked a very interesting question, given the considerable cost difference between the 2 modes of protection against respiratory infections (N95 respirators cost much more than surgical ...

Trying to keep up with changing masking guidance from public health officials has been challenging to say the least. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first said that masks weren’t ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KDVR) – After the federal government ...

As a result of the Canadian wildfires, the air quality on the East Coast is currently among the world’s worst, rivaling that of New Delhi, India. New York City’s air quality index (AQI) surpassed 200 ...

Mask mandates are lifting but real-world mask requirements remain. Wearing a high-quality mask helps protect yourself and others. Below, we examine KN95 vs N95, breaking down the differences, where to ...

With new and more transmissible Covid-19 variants doing the rounds, Germany has made it mandatory to wear medical-grade masks in public settings, which tells us a lot about how effective cloth masks ...

We thought we were almost done with masks. Then omicron hit, reminding us that even with vaccines, COVID is likely to stick around as an endemic, resurfacing with new variants. And so cyclical masking ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly a year ago, the respected research collaborative Cochrane drastically reinterpreted its own "systematic review" of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on masking in response to ...

(KDVR) – After the federal government announced plans to begin offering free masks to curb a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, you may be questioning the difference between the two types of masks that ...