In case you missed it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently recommending that all Americans wear face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19. As a result, face mask sales have surged and recently they’ve been so hard to find that many people are making their own face masks at home […]
While walking in Beirut during the coronavirus lockdown recently, Omar Frangieh was struck by the number of face masks and gloves littering the Lebanese capital. The photographer, concerned that contaminated waste could itself transmit the disease, took 200 photos of discarded personal protective equipment and posted them in a Facebook album he titled “Invaders in […]
It’s not news that health officials want everybody to wear a face mask in public as a measure to slow the spread of COVID-19. The novel coronavirus is an extremely small particle that hitches a ride with droplets of saliva and mucus expelled through breathing, speaking, sneezing, coughing, and laughing. That’s why using simple fabrics […]
The Bulgarian government said Saturday that everyone must wear masks in public until the end of the month to stem the spread of the coronavirus, as infections rise in the largely Orthodox country. Under a government decree, masks will be mandatory from Sunday until April 26 as the country prepares for the Orthodox Easter celebrations, […]
The N95 respirator masks should be preserved for health-care workers involved in inserting breathing tubes for patients with COVID-19. More common medical masks are fine for all other COVID-19 treatment, says preliminary research from McMaster University. A systematic review of four randomized controlled trials on masks done between 1990 and last month shows the use […]
Very little is known about how to properly reuse medical masks to fight infectious diseases. No method is confirmed to work. Still, in a report to doctors, which has yet to be peer reviewed, some researchers are beginning to point to the best options for decontaminating used masks. Medical professionals are reusing single-use medical masks […]
Homemade cloth masks aren’t ideal, but given the present shortages of medical-grade protective gear in the midst of a pandemic, they may be the best option for some people. The new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, is a dangerous, airborne illness. It has already spread to 169 countries, including in the United States. Its rapid spread and […]
An estimated 28,000 to 36,000 deaths a year in the UK are attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution. Exposure to air pollution can cause a range of serious health complications, including lung cancer, heart disease and stroke. Pollution can come from a variety of sources, including wood burning fires and fossil fuels. But research […]
