What Is an N95 Mask? According to the CDC, an N95 respirator (that’s the official term—respirator, not mask) is “a type of respirator which removes particles from the air that are breathed through it.

If you’ve put your COVID face masks into retirement, it’s time to start wearing them again if you live in a large region of the United States that could potentially be affected by wildfires — ...

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they ...

Valve masks are a type of N95 mask with a one-way valve. The novel coronavirus pandemic brought society a new definition of normal which now includes wearing face masks. While the benefits of masks ...

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 ...

After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will ...

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 ...

The Federal Trade Commission said yesterday it is sending over $1 million in refunds to 6,764 consumers who purchased Razer Zephyr masks that were deceptively marketed as providing N95 protection ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We're learning more about exactly how federal investigators intercepted fraud involving 39 million N95 masks. Millions of them were set to be purchased by hospitals right here ...