A cloth face covering should cover your mouth and nose while allowing you to breathe comfortably, and a pleated mask stretches enough to do this. While the Government says a face covering can be as ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans, healthy and sick, wear basic cloth masks in public — a ...

As lockdown measures begin to ease, our thoughts are turning to how we can best protect ourselves and others as we begin to visit shops, return to work and meet friends and family. The government has ...

It's difficult to keep your distance in a grocery store or pharmacy, so now the CDC says we should wear a homemade mask in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus — particularly in areas with ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask to limit the spread of coronavirus has been evolving. The Taoiseach says the Government is now advising people to wear face coverings on public transport and in ...

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In desperate times, wearing a cloth mask is better than having no mask on at all ⁠— true or false? Well, yes and no. Dr Chen Xiaoting, a Taiwanese anaesthesiologist, is one proponent of using cloth ...