MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — Surgical masks continue to be in very short supply across the country as the coronavirus continues to spread. The head of Providence Medical Centers has said some of their ...

There’s been a wealth of misinformation surrounding the spread of coronavirus, and until Friday, there hasn’t been a consensus among official sources on whether medical masks are effective in ...

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 ...

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a research team went looking for and found a way to make standard surgical masks better at keeping out small airborne droplets that might contain the ...

More data and public health experts say the quality of face masks can vary widely. That’s being emphasized now as the omicron variant has been found to be significantly more transmissible than ...

YOUNGSTOWN — When Rayen Early College Middle School eighth-grader Nick Pettitt learned about the challenges medical professionals face with protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, he ...