A newly created smart mask can detect and decipher the difference between breathing, coughing and speaking, which researchers say can help in identifying several respiratory diseases.Due to the ...

A properly fit-tested N95 respirator will greatly reduce the number of small particles that will enter the wearer’s respiratory system, as compared to a surgical mask that is not NIOSH approved.

Next, the review compared medical/surgical masks to N95 respirators (or P2 respirators, which are used in Europe). It found that "wearing N95/P2 respirators probably makes little to no difference ...

Stitched double-layered cotton mask: The emulated respiratory jet traveled 2.5 inches on average. Store-bought cone-style mask: 8 inches; Folded cotton handkerchief (aka a no-sew mask): 1 foot, 3 ...

N95 and KN95 respirator masks reduce the odds of testing positive for Covid-19 by 83% compared to 66% for surgical masks and 56% for cloth masks, according to a real-world study published Friday ...

While N95s and similar masks offer the best protection, ... Whenever people have been exposed to a respiratory illness or are showing symptoms of one, ...

Experts say the U.S. government has unintentionally encouraged a dependency on imported masks by failing to promote elastomeric respirators, a reusable mask that is domestically produced. By ...

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — During this pandemic, one can’t get closer to the frontline than a respiratory therapist. “We’re like front and center. We’re at the airway,” said respiratory therapist LaToya ...

With the recent outbreak, images from across the world show people wearing masks to ward off illness when traveling. However, wearing a mask is not a practice the Centers for Disease Control and ...