A new study suggests that homemade face masks with two or three layers may be more effective in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus compared with a single-layered face covering. Researchers ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci adjusting his face mask during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on June 30. Credit: Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS Homemade cloth masks should have at ...

New research from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute can help robots feel layers of cloth rather than relying on computer vision tools to only see it. The work could allow robots to ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Cloth face coverings are recommended in public, especially when social distancing cannot be maintained. Experts say the coverings help prevent people who may have the coronavirus ...

Tennesseans are being asked to wear a face mask in public to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The state is even handing out free ones to get everyone on board. Not all masks are created ...

DETROIT – Researchers are learning more about what makes a cloth mask more effective against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). A new study in the medical journal, Thorax, indicates that layers are ...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX)-- Experts are warning that in the face of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 people should upgrade from their cloth face masks. They say while the cloth masks were some of the only ...

During World War II, nylon stockings disappeared from store shelves as the valuable synthetic material was diverted to make critical wartime supplies such as parachutes, flak jackets and aircraft fuel ...

Check the fit on that double mask if you want to be better protected against the novel coronavirus, a new study says. That’s because the extra protection double-masking provides isn’t so much about ...

Home-made cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to prevent the dispersal of viral droplets from the nose and mouth that are associated with the spread of COVID-19 ...