NEW YORK — Is it better to wear an N95 or cloth mask right now? Health experts suggest stepping up protection against the highly contagious omicron variant with stronger masks such as N95s or KN95s.

It may be time to reevaluate your mask situation. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cloth masks don’t do as well against the omicron variant of the ...

Earlier this month, U.S. health officials said Americans should wear N95 or KN95 masks like the ones used by health care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus instead of cloth masks, which are ...

What Is an N95 Mask? According to the CDC, an N95 respirator (that’s the official term—respirator, not mask) is “a type of respirator which removes particles from the air that are breathed through it.

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 ...

Picking out your New Year’s Eve outfit? Consider upgrading your face mask while you’re at it. Public health experts are warning that the single-layer cloth masks that have become popular during the ...

Covering N95 filtering facepiece respirators with a face mask can cause respirator leaking and failure, according to a study among health care workers. “Our overall interest in the topic was triggered ...

With children returning to schools across the state after winter break, and COVID-19 cases once again on the rise amid the spread of the more contagious omicron variant, we’re circling back around to ...