The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care workers about certain N95 respirators, or masks, that are no longer approved for use due to "serious" quality concerns, according to an ...

WASHINGTON -- The CDC says it plans to update its mask "information" to "best reflect the multiple options available to people and the different levels of protection they provide." At Wednesday's ...

A shortage of N95 masks in 2020 led the CDC to craft guidelines for healthcare workers who needed to reuse them for multiple shifts, but a new study, published Jan. 26 in JAMA, has found reuse of ...

Healthcare facilities nationwide are grappling with conflicting CDC guidelines on masking amid the pandemic, resulting in a patchwork of policies and practices, Politico reported April 5. Some ...

Self-contamination occurred less often with single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) than with extended use, particularly extended reuse, according to a study presented at the Infectious Disease ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its mask guidance last week, recommending people wear N95 or KN95 masks. “As we are entering year three of the pandemic, we’re getting more and more data ...

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