Minnesota-based 3M still ships millions of respirators, though health care is not the major market it briefly was.

NIOSH-approved N95 respirators are the most protective type of face mask, according to the CDC. Doctors explain how to shop ...

Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID emergency, here's what the research says about face masks.

Masks were one of the most polarizing parts of the COVID pandemic. Five years later, have we moved closer to a compromise?

A Duke study showed that less than 0.1% of droplets were transmitted through an N95 mask while the wearer was speaking. That's why they're generally reserved for healthcare workers. But the Food ...

The coronavirus outbreak around the globe has led to a shortage of protective face masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says healthcare workers should use homemade masks as a last ...

It filters 95% of particulate matter, just like the N95 mask, says Dr. Nina Shapiro, a pediatric ear, nose and throat specialist at Westside Head and Neck in California. KN95 masks are the Chinese ...

To remedy the N95-standard face mask shortage at Japan hospitals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a medical institution and three companies in the Kansai region have teamed to develop and produce ...