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Could surgical masks be the winter equivalent of summertime sunscreen? Flu season is already off to an intense start, and surgical masks might be able to protect against the virus.

According to Suffolk County Police, a white woman wearing a surgical mask entered Chase Bank at 999 Middle Country Road and presented the teller with a note demanding money. The teller complied, and ...

A team of Norwegian researchers conducted a pragmatic randomized trial to examine whether wearing surgical face masks while in public spaces resulted in a lower incidence of self-reported ...

Wearing a surgical face mask in public spaces reduces the risk of self-reported respiratory symptoms, finds a trial of adults in Norway published by The BMJ today.

One TikTok user shared a video of her wearing a mask on an airplane to her profile on Monday, July 8, and warned others not to "make assumptions" about why people wear face masks while traveling.

People online are touting the results of a Cochrane review to incorrectly claim that it shows masks “don’t work” against the coronavirus. But the primary conclusion of the review is that it ...

One paper published in 2020 by researchers in Hong Kong showed that people sick with either Covid-19 or the flu breathed out fewer viral particles when they were wearing a surgical mask.

In reality, surgical masks are, for example, deformed by the vertical opening of the mouth in expressions like surprise or laughing, or during verbal speech; likewise, they are stretched horizontally ...

Surgical masks are primarily intended to block large droplets, but experts say they still provide some protection, which is better than none.