Cuts to the federal workforce threaten to upend the certification of N95 masks and other respirators that thousands depend on ...

A Massachusetts man and his brother have been sentenced in connection with a scheme to price gouge hospitals for face masks that were misbranded as N95 respirators during the earliest phase of the ...

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Even a homemade triple-layered mask, two layers of cotton and one of silk or chiffon, can work as well as an N95 mask,” he says. Surgical and N95 masks offer protection too, but should be used ...

Distributing respiratory protection, such as N95 masks, through well-coordinated systems before or during smoke events could help safeguard populations with limited access to safe indoor spaces ...

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If you need to go outside, Conway said, it’s best to wear an N95 mask. If you can’t get to an N95 in time, you can wet a handkerchief, but the protection won’t be as good. For eye protection ...

We initially knew very little about COVID-19. I remember wearing an N95 mask in the hospital for the first time and being questioned about it. I simply responded that I believed it was the right ...

Coward said she and her colleagues faced long hours and diminished resources. She still remembers the chemical smell of the N95 masks that were sterilized and returned to her because there were not ...

Some entire teams — like the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, which tests N95 masks -- could be eliminated, according to a letter sent to the workers' union. Lilas Soukup ...

The pressure that they feel from others used to be a little worse. Not so long ago, just the sight of someone in a mask was read as a reproach, a sanctimonious demand that lockdowns should ...