It’s clear that wearing face masks during the pandemic could save countless lives and that caring for reusable masks properly is essential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends ...

Experts say this is not recommended for health care workers but it can help extend the life of a mask.

With air pollution levels rising across cities, wearing a mask has become essential for protecting your lungs from harmful particles like PM2.5 and PM10. But simply wearing a mask isn’t enough ...

P95 and N95 are rating classifiers for masks manufactured to keep people from inhaling dust and other small particles in unsafe environments.

“A well-fitted N95 would be the highest quality filtering mask that you could wear,” she says. But “the best mask you can wear is the one that you will wear.” In experimental conditions, N95s are ...