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What a controversial face mask study says about science in the Covid-19 era A Nobel Prize winner coauthored a study in a major journal. More than 40 researchers want it retracted.
In a post-COVID-19 world, people who perceive themselves as less attractive than others are more likely to keep wearing masks when they’re highly motivated to make a good impression.
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposedly shows that wearing a face mask in public places dramatically reduces your risk of catching COVID-19. The ...
Cloth face masks are useful in protecting against the novel coronavirus — but only if you wash them after every use, according to a new study that found that reusing these face coverings over ...
The study found that face masks did not have a large protective effect for wearers — not that masks provide no protection at all or don’t offer benefits to others.
Getty Images You know that face mask study that Tucker Carlson featured on his FOX News show? The one that was originally published as research letter in JAMA Pediatrics? Well, fuggedaboutit.
Experts said a Cochrane review study seemed to imply masks don't work against COVID spread, but it was misinterpreted and was actually looking at mask interventions.
The study, published in the journal the Annals of Internal Medicine, also found that there wasn't a significant difference in protection between surgical masks and N95 respirators in a health care ...
Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and ...
A recently released study has been circulating online, which some are using to claim as proof masks are harmful to humans. What do the experts say?
A study that finds surgical masks protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 just as well as N95s has drawn backlash from experts.
The study found that wearing an N95 respirator resulted in the highest reduction in exhaled viral load at an average 98 percent decrease, significantly outperforming all other masks and respirators.