SAN FRANCISCO -- As fears rise over China's coronavirus outbreak spreading to the United States, more and more people are looking for ways to protect themselves. One of the most in-demand items are ...

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 ...

Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me? It likely provides protection for both. Studies on the new coronavirus and other germs show wearing a mask helps stop infected people from ...

Wearing a mask can help protect you, not just those around you, from coronavirus transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance Tuesday. The statement was an update ...

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 ...

Three years after the pandemic began, there's still no scientific consensus on how much protection masks offer. Laboratory studies are clear that masks – especially N95s and KN95s – decrease the ...

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, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Six Hampton Roads-area health systems are 'strongly recommending' that patients and visitors wear masks to protect them from skyrocketing cases of respiratory infection. Bon Secour, ...