Every day since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline healthcare workers in New York State have risked their own health while caring for patients potentially infected with the new ...

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 ...

Experts have made it clear: Cloth masks are no longer good enough as the omicron coronavirus variant spreads. Instead, they recommend upgrading to a KN95 or N95 mask as they offer better protection ...

Health care professionals who are facing a shortage of surgical masks and are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic know the importance of how to properly wear and remove personal protective ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - Omicron is spreading faster than other variants, yet many have gotten more relaxed on mask-wearing. Health officials recommend not only wearing a mask, but a surgical mask ...

The FDA narrowed its umbrella emergency use authorization for disposable, single-use surgical masks used in healthcare on March 6 after more than two years of the EUA prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Your cloth face mask isn't protecting you against the coronavirus variant omicron, health officials say. As common as cloth face masks have become, health experts say, they do little to prevent tiny ...