Abstract: Following the COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed important to develop alternative methods for verifying the fit of a filtering f acepiece respirator (FFR). I nfrared technology, promising in the ...

Which N95 masks are best? Many people rely on N95 masks to keep them protected from illness, smoke, dust, pollen and more. The best, most effective N95 mask keeps the wearer safe from potentially ...

While doing some spring cleaning, I came across a freezer bag containing all of my face masks from the pandemic. Not content with the boring blue ones, I had several Stars Wars, Packers, Brewers and ...

Few objects symbolize the pandemic as well as the N95. Impossible to find until they were ubiquitous, the double-strapped respirator stamped with all those letters and numbers confined many faces in ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the use of N95 facemasks in the workplace with the intention of reducing the ...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending a total of more than $1 million to fully refund people who bought deceptively marketed face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency announced on Monday.

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the challenges of performing mandatory Quantitative Fit Tests (QNFT) for healthcare professionals and the limitations of self-administered fit checks. To ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...

As COVID cases surge in North Carolina, a Charlotte group is distributing free N95 masks for those who want to protect themselves against the virus. CLT Mask Bloc, a nonprofit organization dedicated ...

Try these tests to evaluate your strength and cardiovascular fitness. Credit... Supported by By Hilary Achauer Photographs by Ashley Barker How do you know if you are fit? Or, at least, fit enough?

A shortage of N95 masks in 2020 led the CDC to craft guidelines for healthcare workers who needed to reuse them for multiple shifts, but a new study, published Jan. 26 in JAMA, has found reuse of ...