Picking out your New Year’s Eve outfit? Consider upgrading your face mask while you’re at it. Public health experts are warning that the single-layer cloth masks that have become popular during the ...

A new study suggests that homemade face masks with two or three layers may be more effective in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus compared with a single-layered face covering. Researchers ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Homemade cloth face masks likely need a ...

DETROIT – Researchers are learning more about what makes a cloth mask more effective against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). A new study in the medical journal, Thorax, indicates that layers are ...

Revised to include additional information from the CDC. As the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 tightens its hold on the country, health experts are urging the public to be more ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s a normal part of daily life to wear a face mask out in public to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), but new strains of the deadly illness could require better ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As far as just using a single-layer mask goes, understand ...