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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Eric Westman was helping a Durham nonprofit organization provide free masks to people who need them when he decided he should find out whether the masks would really prevent the spread of ...

Surgical masks can ward off COVID-19 just as well as N95s for healthcare workers exposed to patients infected with that virus, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests. To report that this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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