This upcoming winter season, the stage is set for seasonal sickness and COVID-19 infection rates to surge aggressively, in what's being called a "tripledemic" — and healthcare experts are urging ...

Health officials recommend strap-on medical masks for people being evaluated for the new virus, their household members and caregivers. Masks can block large droplets from sneezes and coughs, and that ...

With chronic face mask shortages in the midst of a virus outbreak, Hong Kongers have started making their own -- with a pop-up production line and seamstresses churning them out on sewing machines. In ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance that recent studies have indicated that cloth masks offer more protection against the coronavirus than previously thought. Previous ...

As we get deeper into fall season, experts are warning of a potential 'tripledemic' – the circulation of Covid-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), all at the same time. "Wearing a ...

This study asked a very interesting question, given the considerable cost difference between the 2 modes of protection against respiratory infections (N95 respirators cost much more than surgical ...

Maryland Cremation Services transporter Morgan Dean-McMillan adjusts her N95 face mask in Silver Spring, Md., on May 11, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, ...

SEATTLE (AP) — People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in South Korea ...