Wildfires in eastern Germany have severely injured two firefighters and forced the evacuation of more than 100 residents.

Wildfires in eastern Germany have severely injured two firefighters and forced the evacuation of more than 100 residents.

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California researchers found that respirator masks reduce the odds of testing positive for Covid by 83%, reinforcing efforts to phase out cloth masks.

Though cloth masks do provide some protection, an N95 or KN95 mask does a much better job filtering out smaller particles.

Cloth masks are also reusable, and the CDC recommends that you wash your cloth mask as soon as it becomes dirty either by hand or in the washing machine. One time cost: $4.00 Surgical ...

A key deficiency of surgical and cloth masks is their loose fit compared to respirators. While some older, hard-cup style respirators may be uncomfortable, newer styles are better tolerated.

The CDC said cloth masks offer the least protection against COVID as experts stress the importance of effective protection amid the spread of Omicron.

They also agreed on another point: Wearing a cloth mask is better than not wearing a mask at all, but if you can upgrade — or layer cloth with surgical — now is the time.

According to the C.D.C.’s new description of masks, loosely woven cloth products provide the least protection and layered finely woven products offer more. Well-fitting disposable surgical masks ...

The omicron variant of COVID-19 has health authorities encouraging folks to upgrade from cloth masks to N95s, KN95s or at the very least, surgical masks. Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, an allergist ...

Experts say single-layer cloth masks are not protective enough and people should either be layering with surgical masks or buying KN95s or N95s.