People taking health officials’ advice during the omicron surge to switch to N95, KN95 or KF94 masks are gaining more protection from the highly contagious variant — but unlike their old cloth masks, ...

As wildfire smoke pervaded the capital region this week and the air quality index plunged into its worst levels, Sacramento officials and others are handing out free respirator masks to residents to ...

A respirator is a device you wear to protect you from inhaling dangerous substances. It’s also used to keep dust and particles from being inhaled when doing things like cleaning and painting. People ...

In order to ensure that employees are protected from airborne contaminants and hazards, RIT has developed a Respiratory Protection Program. A breathing or respiratory hazard exists when toxic ...

With the right care, your high-performance mask can last for multiple uses. By Tara Parker-Pope Where do you typically keep your high-quality, medical-style masks? A) In several brown paper bags ...

Industrial respirators offer a medical-grade level of protection against COVID-19. Since publishing a recent blog post on the topic, I came across information that industrial respirators are being ...

A study of more than 2,900 healthcare workers in Switzerland found those who reported using respirator masks were 40 percent less likely to contract COVID-19 than those wearing surgical masks after ...