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As Omicron and other COVID-19 variants continue to hang on, causing wave after wave of illness, many people are making sure to restock their face mask supply. You don’t want to be caught short of them ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is now spreading rapidly throughout the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently said that among those who have tested positive for the ...

While we hate to say it, the pandemic has shown its staying power. In light of each subsequent variants’ high transmutability and contagiousness, it’s wise to keep some masks on hand for travel, large ...

As the pandemic continues to evolve and new COVID-19 variants surface—the latest being Omicron—protection remains top of mind. And while many of us have acquired a pile of reusable cloth masks over ...

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With the pervasive single-use masks during the pandemic now presenting an environmental problem, researchers have demonstrated the idea of incorporating old masks into a cement mixture to create ...

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