“We live with bacteria and viruses in the ambient air and environment all the time,” says Rashid Chotani, M.D., a resident epidemiologist with HealthCentral. “So the more you wear a mask that has not ...

Along with social distancing, wearing a face mask is one of the best tools we have for fighting COVID-19. Because of the low supply of medical-grade masks, many people have turned to cloth masks that ...

Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, infectious disease epidemiologist and science communication lead at The COVID Tracking Project, says to think of your face masks like they're underwear. "Just change it ...

Cloth face masks are useful in protecting against the novel coronavirus — but only if you wash them after every use, according to a new study that found that reusing these face coverings over and over ...