How can consumers know how much protection their face covering really offers? A new Duke University study attempts to answer that very question. The study conducted at Duke will help not only in the ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States assessed the efficiency of facemasks in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...

Duke University research that showed how poorly some face coverings perform wasn't exactly the intent of the study, researchers said Wednesday. The study that WRAL News first reported last week showed ...

New research shows that while many cloth and medical masks fall short against tiny airborne particles, simple hacks like overmasking or using braces can dramatically improve your protection, yet only ...

As students return to school and employees head back to the office all with new safety protocols likely including wearing a mask, a new study from Duke University explores which masks are more ...

A new study in The Lancet demonstrates that face coverings dramatically reduce the load of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath from infected persons. The reductions reached as high as 98 percent, with ...

Since the pandemic began, there have been dozens of published research articles detailing the difficulty of recognizing masked faces. I reviewed some of these findings in two prior posts, here and ...

The study, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic Phoenix and the University of Tulsa (Okla.), involved 100 participants who successfully completed quantitative fit testing while wearing a 3M 1870+ ...