Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As coronavirus spreads, so does our knowledge of what can ward off the potentially deadly virus. Washing hands for at least 20 ...

Ensuring the protection of people's health and lives, especially in respirators and personal protective equipment (PPE) for use by health care personnel, has been one of the essential premises since ...

It didn’t take long after the pandemic started for facemasks to evolve into a fashion accessory, with retailers offering a variety of fashion-forward, utilitarian, or even custom-silkscreened ...

Those face masks you see with coin-sized valves on the front may look intriguing but they are not as good at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus as the seemingly lower-tech, non-valved ...

N95-type masks have a much higher breathing resistance than simple surgical or fabric masks."I've seen people with a full beard wearing the N95, or they're wearing the 95 upside down, or they just ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- You can buy all sorts of masks, but which ones are best to stop droplets containing coronavirus from getting through? Scientific studies show multiple fabric layers and nose wires ...