"Upcycler" and home sewer Lisa Bunnage is running a fabric mask workshop at 11 a.m. on Sunday with FABCYCLE and Frameworq Education Society. If local hospitals issue a call for homemade fabric masks ...

Single-layer cloth masks may not provide adequate protection against the very infectious omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Many infectious disease experts ...

As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread, some experts say it’s past time to reconsider your face mask options – especially if you’re still wearing the cloth variety.

Wearing facial coverings in indoor public spaces — especially properly fitted masks — is more important than ever in the face of the most highly contagious variant of COVID-19 yet, according to ...

LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Omicron is once again making people think twice before reaching out for their colourful, reusable cloth face masks. They can be really good or really terrible, depending on what ...

Prominent public health officials have increasingly highlighted the limitations of cloth face masks, pushing for more effective respirator masks such as N95s as omicron engulfs the United States, a ...

New research shows that while many cloth and medical masks fall short against tiny airborne particles, simple hacks like overmasking or using braces can dramatically improve your protection, yet only ...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX)-- Experts are warning that in the face of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 people should upgrade from their cloth face masks. They say while the cloth masks were some of the only ...