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Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, case rates are at a record high in America as the highly infectious omicron variant spreads. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

Single-layer cloth masks may not provide adequate protection against the very infectious omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Many infectious disease experts ...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX)-- Experts are warning that in the face of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 people should upgrade from their cloth face masks. They say while the cloth masks were some of the only ...

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 ...

The Museum of Contemporary Art has a new dress code. No more cloth — masks, that is. On Tuesday, MOCA announced that it has updated its mask policy. The museum now requires all visitors to wear ...

WASHINGTON — We’ve already been through two winters with COVID-19, but this year, we have three viruses on our minds: COVID-19, the flu, and RSV. The numbers are up, and Rochelle Walensky, director of ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. - They come in different colors and designs but new research shows cloth facemasks are not that effective at protecting against the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Dr. Linsey Marr, a ...

Wearing a cloth face mask did not cause significant respiratory or cardiovascular changes during exercise, including heart rate, blood pressure, lactate, or oxygen saturation, regardless of exercise ...