Many people choose to wear an N95 mask as a way to reduce exposure to harmful viruses and airborne toxins or pollutants.

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COVID-19 continues to circulate around the country, with the latest variant XBB.1.5 accounting for more than half of infections. Though vaccines are holding up against the variant, it's still highly ...

With the Environmental Protection Agency issuing air quality warnings for several states over the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, it’s important to understand and obtain the correct protection. One ...

Safety Precautions You Can Take , if Wildfire Smoke Is Impacting Your Area. N95 masks have been found to block at least 95% ...

Trying to keep up with changing masking guidance from public health officials has been challenging to say the least. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first said that masks weren’t ...

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 ...

Without mask mandates, some people may be wondering if there is any benefit to wearing a face mask among unmasked people. Experts say you can still protect yourself wearing a mask as long as you pick ...