Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who said they always wore some type of face mask indoors were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared to those ...

U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by healthcare workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Those kinds of masks are considered ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically overhauled its guidance Friday for when people should wear face masks to avoid COVID-19 infection, suggesting they are no longer needed ...

Out of all the different face masks you can choose from, N95 respirators are the most protective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They’re designed to filter out at ...

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It has been clear for some time that N95 respirator masks and other high-filtration masks like KN95s and KF94s provide the highest level of protection against the transmission of COVID-19, and that ...

LANSING, Mich. — The CDC lifted some mask restrictions surrounding COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes. Testing:Free COVID-19 test kits available for Kalamazoo County residents The agency no ...

The Biden administration's free mask program is officially underway, with plans to hand out 400 million N95 masks distributed to pharmacies and community health centers throughout the US. The ...

COVID-19 may not be in the headlines as often these days, but the virus is still evolving. Most recently, new variants, including EG. 5 (or Eris) and BA.2.86 have started spreading across the United ...

Michigan public health officials reported Friday 1,815 new COVID-19 cases and 45 additional virus deaths over the past two days. The latest two-day case total brought the state’s total confirmed cases ...

Aurora Golden-Appleton adjusts her face mask as she chats with Rylin Green, both of Provo, as they sit outside Joe Vera's Mexican Restaurant in downtown Provo in August 2020. Some health officials are ...