A key strategy for protecting health care workers on the frontlines of fighting the highly transmissible novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is the use of personal protective equipment, including the type ...

During a recent workout in my condo weight room, an acquaintance walked in wearing a bulky, black mask over his nose and mouth; it had a plastic plate with cylindrical slits that made it look more ...

N95 masks look simple enough: two outer layers of fabric that form the shape of the mask, with a thin filter between. It's that sandwiched inner layer that complicates the mask's construction and ...

Operations and Program Manager Ellie Hazlett with USO Wisconsin delivered 50 cloth masks to Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) personnel April 13 to support training. The masks were ...