Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reusing single-use surgical masks for up to a week had no major impact on skin or upper respiratory tract ...

Unlike cloth face masks, disposable masks like surgical masks and N95 respirators should be thrown out after one use. As a last-resort measure in emergency situations, it is possible to extend the ...

(NEXSTAR) – Have you ever found yourself with only one mask option – wearing a disposable you’ve already worn once before? Maybe you had it in your jacket pocket or in your car’s cup holder. But ...

An internal Federal Emergency Management Agency document shows that the U.S. government’s supply of surgical gowns and masks has not meaningfully increased, as reported by Roll Call. “The demand for ...

Even a short stay in hospital produces a large amount of waste. Just picture all the disposable items designed to be used once and thrown away: face masks, gloves, packaging, intravenous tubing, and ...

Nurses at Santa Monica hospitals say they are being asked to reuse protective masks as they treat a swell of coronavirus patients and are demanding that their employers and the government provide an ...