I was in the check-out line at the grocery store the other day, and the woman behind me was wearing a tie-dye neck gaiter as a mask. While she was supposed to be on the yellow tape line that ...

Are neck gaiters an appropriate face covering for coronavirus prevention? Spirit Airlines says no, an angry passenger says yes, the CDC says maybe. The issue came into the spotlight with a video ...

A woman is shown wearing an animal print gaiter mask Friday. Gaiters currently do not meet Maui County’s mask requirement, though officials say they are considering a change. The Maui News / KEHAULANI ...

When the scientific community made it clear that masks are the most effective way to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many of us discovered that we already owned one: a neck gaiter. Despite confusion ...

The results of a recently-published study from Duke implied that wearing a neck gaiter is worse than wearing no mask at all in terms of limiting the spread of COVID-19, since gaiters didn’t do a good ...

One popular style of face covering may not be doing much to limit spread of the coronavirus, according to a study out of Duke University. The researchers found that while most of the cotton, cloth or ...

It seems that not all face masks were made equal. While public health experts have pushed the message that masks are essential in curbing the spread of COVID-19, a new study from Duke University shows ...

Using thin, stretchy neck gaiters as a face covering might be ineffective at stopping the spread of the coronavirus, and could even spread the virus further than not wearing a covering at all, ...

Spirit Airlines reiterated its policy of wearing only masks approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a passenger refused to wear anything other than his neck gaiter, which does ...