Masks were critical in fighting Covid-19, but billions of them are now causing an environmental crisis. Studies show ...

At the height of the pandemic, the world rightly used more than 100 billion disposable face masks per month. Now the ...

Millions of discarded face masks from the COVID-19 pandemic are now breaking down, creating an environmental hazard that could linger for generations, a study warns. Researchers from Coventry ...

Billions of tonnes of plastic face masks created to protect people from the spread of the virus are now breaking down, releasing microplastics and chemical additives including endocrine disruptors, ...

The world bought 928 billion face masks at a cost of $389 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recently compiled data. With a global population of 8 billion, that means about 116 masks ...

Royal College of Nursing, College of Paramedics, Association of UK Dietitians, et al. Protecting health care workers - better ventilation, PPE, awareness and research ...

The stance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on face masks has taken many twists and turns throughout the COVID pandemic. After initially claiming face coverings weren’t ...

Has your COVID-era mask been a constant companion or is it collecting dust? Americans’ relationship with masking has been fraught (and politicized) since the beginning of the pandemic, a time when ...

The uptick in coronavirus transmission this summer has not brought major alarm from health experts. But it is raising questions about whether the risks are high enough to go back to safety measures ...