SEATTLE -- If 95% of Americans wore masks in public, more than 100,000 lives could be saved from COVID-19 through February, a new modeling study suggests. The study -- from the COVID-19 forecasting ...

New research from The University of Manchester has shown that debates and resistance about wearing face masks go back a lot ...

A World Health Organization funded study published this week in the Lancet found that masks, physical distancing and eye protection offer substantial reduction in the spread of COVID-19. The study ...

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NEW YORK -- A new study released Thursday shows that the risk of COVID-19 transmission is "virtually non-existent" during air travel when passengers wear masks. The study, conducted by the Department ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Regular medical masks might provide protection similar to that of N95 respirators in preventing ...

School teachers and staff may play a "central role" in transmitting Covid-19 in schools where social distancing isn't followed and face masks aren't worn. Vaccinating them against the disease could ...

Good hygiene, social distancing and face masks. By now we know that those are key components when it comes to protecting ourselves and one another from COVID-19. But all masks are not created equal.

New research from The University of Manchester has shown that debates and resistance about wearing face masks go back a lot further than the COVID-19 ...

A large, randomized study from Stanford (Calif.) Medicine and New Haven, Conn.-based Yale offers the strongest evidence yet that wearing surgical masks can reduce community spread of COVID-19. The ...