NHS Scotland has approved the use of new locally made transparent face masks in health and social care settings to help overcome communication barriers for staff and patients. There is emerging ...

The researchers also determined that surgical and cloth masks offer very little protection against aerosols—which are active viral particles that become suspended in the air. Previously published data ...

The intelligent fabric of these masks has been created by a team of researchers from the San Alberto Magno Traslational Centre (CITSAM-UCV), led by professor Ángel Serrano. The Catholic University of ...

**Note this is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2021). Please credit the conference if you use this story* New research ...

Health experts are calling for people to comply with COVID-related measures to protect themselves against the virus worldwide as the new variant Omicron continues to spread, but some experts are ...

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen, 15-18 April). Please credit the congress if you ...

Allegheny Health Network is now requiring all patients, visitors, and care teams to wear a surgical-type, N95, or KN95 face mask while in its facilities.AHN said at the start of the pandemic, cloth ...