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Surgical masks good to be used for COVID-19 treatment
According to the study, published in the journal Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, system…
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How to protect yourself from coronavirus
While the risk of one catching it in India are few, it is important to know how you can protec…
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A top US health official say the US needs 300 million face masks for healthcare workers. But masks are not necessarily effective against coronavirus.
N95 respirators have also been proven to be less-than-effective in preventing the spread of the dis…
Lauren Frias
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The CDC says healthcare workers who can't get a mask should use a bandana or scarf as a 'last resort' as supplies run short
The CDC's own guidelines acknowledge that a bandana or scarf tied around the face still isn't consi…
Gabby Landsverk
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The US government sent out a shipment of expired face masks to health workers. Here's how face masks can expire, and when they're still usable.
The CDC and other government agencies have also said that N95 masks are not for use by the general …
Gabby Landsverk
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People across the US have relied on KN95 face masks for protection. But the majority imported from China have failed safety standards.
A majority of masks tested did not filter 95% or more particles, per requirements, according to a n…
Gabby Landsverk
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Face masks aren't a very effective way to prevent the spread of coronavirus, experts say, despite spiking sales
N95 respirators filter out most airborne particles from the surrounding air, preventing wearers fro…
Holly Secon
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Nurses in Thailand handcrafted tiny face masks for newborns so they could get home safely from the hospital
Typically, only kids who are 2 or older wear face masks. Since the babies were using public transpo…
Emily Cavanagh
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The WHO supports face shields as a tool to curb coronavirus spread, but warns that no face covering will stop the virus entirely
"Masks alone will not protect you, face shields alone will not protect you from infection," the WHO…
Hilary Brueck
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Some doctors treating coronavirus patients in New York are already reusing face masks because they're running out of supplies
N95 masks are a tight-fitting type of mask that's highly effective at filtering out airborne partic…
Jacob Shamsian
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All the different types of face masks, and who should wear them during the coronavirus outbreak
Not all masks are created equal, though: facemasks like the N95 help contain virus particles from p…
Anna Medaris Miller,Anna Meda…
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Elon Musk says N95 masks are 'a pain to wear' and claims other masks are 'better,' but experts say it's the mask healthcare workers should be wearing to protect themselves against the spread of the coronavirus
While Musk has said Tesla factories are working on producing ventilators in the event of a shortage…
Avery Hartmans
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The US government reportedly has a stockpile of 1.5 million expired N95 masks in storage as hospitals around the country face critical shortage
Nathan Peeters, a CBP spokesman, told The Post that the agency is aware that the stockpile exists a…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Anthony Fauci said eye coverings might eventually be recommended in the US: 'You should probably use it if you can'
"If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it," Fauci told ABC. The CDC already recommen…
Aria Bendix
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Australians have been advised not to wear face masks if they aren't infected by COVID-19
Meanwhile, in light of a face mask shortage for the healthcare system in the US, the CDC recommende…
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Can homemade face masks help limit the spread of the coronavirus? Scientists can't agree, but here's what you need to know.
One 2015 study found that cloth masks only blocked 3% of particles, compared with medical masks (wh…
Gabby Landsverk,Hilary Brueck
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Researchers found the coronavirus lasted on a surgical mask for 7 days, showing how crucial it is to properly remove face coverings after wearing them
The research team, which included scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious …
Paulina Cachero
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Demand for face masks is surging because of the coronavirus - but doctors say wearing one isn't the safest thing you can do
"Small infectious droplets cannot be filtered by the surgical masks," Hyo-Jick Choi, an assistant p…
Mark Abadi,Robert Leslie,Kait…
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Who should to wear a face mask during the coronavirus outbreak, and who should not
Since the outbreak began Wuhan, China, in December, more than 82,000 people have been infected and …
Holly Secon
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A million respirators Canada bought from China can't be used because they failed to meet standards for protecting medical staff against coronavirus
The substandard respirators didn't meet the filtration standards for catching tiny viral particles,…