But since surgical masks have been shown to decrease transmission ... and practitioners of alternative medicine. Silver has a long history of medical use, since the metal is toxic to bacteria ...

On February 22, 1899, Berger read a paper, “On the Use of a Mask in Operating,” before the Surgical Society ... in epidemics in 1995. The history of masks is in many ways a history of ...

According to “History of Surgical Face Masks: The myths, the masks, and the men and women behind them,” by John L. Spooner, face masks first appeared at the very end of 19th century ...

In Hong Kong, surgical masks were common during the SARS epidemic ... said Jaehwan Hyun, a history professor at Pusan National University in South Korea who has studied the history of masking ...

The H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009 triggered the largest deployment in U.S. history of the Strategic ... the 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks that authorities urgently requested ...

She was also passionate about exploring the intersections of health, history and culture ... provide little protection against COVID-19. Surgical masks and KN95s provide more protection than ...

Functional pieces have a long history of becoming fashionable ... Should you factor style into your mask-buying decisions? Surgical masks pair nicely with hospital scrubs, hospital décor ...

They were wrong. During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease. Their iconic and ominous look ...

We developed COVID vaccines faster than we’d developed any vaccine in history, and began administering ... many Americans to wear even flimsy surgical masks during the past couple of years ...

and that the cloth and surgical masks many Americans wear are inferior. But the government was slow to act on this information. On January 14, the CDC finally updated its face-mask guidance to ...