Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's important to mask up in the face of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Cloth masks don't offer adequate protection, so ...

FARGO — Once the highlight of the week for many people during the stay-at-home order, as of Friday, April 3, trips to the grocery store and other errands have gotten a little more mysterious — in the ...

As COVID-19 pandemic-related regulations continue to evolve, it’s likely that masks will stay in our lives for a while. Recent spikes in Omicron variant cases are causing health officials to rethink ...

CDC says people at high risk of COVID might want to opt for an N95 mask. Any mask is better than no mask. But loosely woven cloth masks provide the least amount of protection and Americans in some ...

Although N95 masks are most effective in blocking the transmission of the coronavirus, cloth and surgical masks also help, especially if everyone in a room is wearing them, experts and multiple ...

NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its mask-wearing advice over the weekend to clarify that some masks are more effective at preventing the spread of COVID than others ...