“Any mask is better than no mask. But cloth masks and then surgical masks are not as good as N95-caliber masks.” The ultra-contagious omicron mutant is pushing cases to all-time highs and causing ...

The rules on face masks are straightforward but have become muddled by the changing of guidelines. Initially, it was said that face masks are pointless when worn by the public. However, the World ...

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that fully vaccinated people can go without masks while outdoors, officials noted that there are ...

**Note this is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2021). Please credit the conference if you use this story* New research ...