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How to Find the Best Face Mask for Running and Workouts

How to Find the Best Face Mask for Running and Workouts

One of the hardest things to do during this pandemic has been working out. Gyms are closed across the country, and for good reason: enclosed spaces with lots of people accumulating moisture and sharing machinery are a breeding ground for spreading disease. Between a...

What Are the Best Materials and Fabrics for a Comfortable Face Mask?

What Are the Best Materials and Fabrics for a Comfortable Face Mask?

When shopping for a new mask, sometimes it seems like there are more possible options out there than there are masks you can buy. Do you buy a medical mask or a cloth mask? Do you want one with a filter or without? Do you get elastic earrings, straps for the back of...

A Guide to Sneezing and Coughing While Wearing a Face Mask

A Guide to Sneezing and Coughing While Wearing a Face Mask

Wearing a mask to slow the spread of the pandemic is highly effective in many nations, though the United States is having trouble with both compliance and management of the disease. Masks can be difficult; they're uncomfortable, they're irritating, and they're...

CDC to Update Mask Standards to Include More Filter Varieties

CDC to Update Mask Standards to Include More Filter Varieties

We're quickly nearing the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 disease pandemic. By some metrics, we've already passed it, with new evidence that suggests people in the United States were getting infected by the virus as early as December of 2019. The pandemic is...

Old Face Masks Cannot Be Recycled: They Should Be Tossed

Old Face Masks Cannot Be Recycled: They Should Be Tossed

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the world is facing a new challenge: the disposal of masks. Millions of people are using cloth masks, but millions more are using disposable paper masks and paper-plastic N95s. Most of these masks are not meant to be reused or...