The C.D.C. concedes that cloth masks do not protect against the virus as effectively as other masks. The update in guidance comes as coronavirus cases continue to soar. Share full article.

One failed to demonstrate a statistically significant benefit. The second found small, marginally statistically significant reductions in viral transmission for surgical masks but not for cloth masks.

While cloth masks can filter large droplets, N95s can filter both large droplets and the smaller aerosols that may contain the airborne virus. N95s are also especially efficient, filtering out ...

Can face masks help slow the spread of the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Yes. When used with ...

Even though we’re more than a year into the global pandemic, it seems there is still debate about wearing a mask to prevent COVID-19 infections.

One easy way to test cloth masks at home is to hold it up to a light. If light shines in between the cloth's individual fibers, it probably means that viral particles can get through, too, Segal said.

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Even surgical masks and cloth masks can reduce transmission rates. Yet the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, called masks “the scarlet letter of ...

Even though we’re more than a year into the global pandemic, it seems there is still debate about wearing a mask to prevent COVID-19 infections.

Officials say that while carbon dioxide can escape from cloth masks, the COVID virus typically cannot. That’s because the respiratory droplets that carry the virus are much larger than the virus ...