Wearing a face mask when you’re in a public setting is one of the best ways to avoid getting and spreading illnesses like Covid-19, the flu, RSV and the common cold, says Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum, a ...

Toddlers as young as two can successfully learn new words even when a speaker’s mouth or eyes are covered, a study shows.

Among the masks tested were the fitted N95 mask, surgical mask, valved N95 mask, knitted mask, neck gaiter, bandana and a number of cotton and polypropylene masks. The control variable was no mask.

A modified surgical face mask containing a specialized breath sensor can accurately detect when someone has kidney disease, according to a new research published Wednesday in the journal ACS Sensors.

Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a modified mask could also protect a wearer by detecting health ...

While the risk of infection without wearing the mask was 12.2%, the use of surgical face masks lowered the infection risk to 8.9%, which translates to the prevention of 3300 infections every ...

First, definitions. A face mask or surgical face mask has gaps at the sides, and the filter materials vary widely, so they do not provide full protection.

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A simple surgical mask modification to pass N95 respirator-equivalent fit testing standards during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE , 2022; 17 (8): e0272834 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272834 Cite ...

By Stephen Beech A modified face mask can detect kidney disease, just through breath. Surgical face covers became commonplace during the Covid pandemic in an attempt to stop the spread of airborne ...

For ease of use, they incorporated the sensor into a familiar form: a surgical face mask. To create the breath sensor, the team first coated silver electrodes with a conductive polymer that is ...