The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends wearing well-fitted respirators for the highest level of protection, including the N95 masks approved by the National Institute for ...

Multiple wildfires are raging in Southern California, and it’s covering cities across the region in ash and smoke. If breathing is a struggle right now, wearing a mask can help. How do fires affect ...

Pollen particles range in size from 10 to 100 microns (µm). Standard surgical masks block particles as small as 3 µm. N95 masks, as well as other medical masks, can block particles as small as ...

Itchy? Ineffective? Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed an alternative to N95 masks that can address ...

Debra Deininger, chief revenue officer of N5 Sensors, explains the N5SHIELD artificial intelligence-assisted wildfire detection sensor in Boulder, Sept. 18, 2024. The N5 sensors are ...

To remedy the N95-standard face mask shortage at Japan hospitals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a medical institution and three companies in the Kansai region have teamed to develop and produce ...

Credit: Direct Relief photo This week Santa Barbara-based disaster and emergency response organization Direct Relief delivered 50,000 N95 masks to assist those impacted by the Bridge Fire and Line ...

Parts of the Southland are experiencing poor air quality because of raging wildfires. Long-term exposure could negatively affect your health.

Today, wearing a modified space helmet on an airplane or subway makes you the person to envy. Masks are everywhere but rocking mission-to-Mars-level protection during the pandemic adds glamour and ...

Where face masks for high-risk COVID protection are concerned, there are three types I would recommend: N95 masks (the American gold standard), KN95 masks (the Chinese equivalent), or KF94 masks ...

A volleyball match which saw China's national women's team compete while wearing N95 masks has caused a stir on Chinese social media. Many netizens expressed their anger, suggesting that the ...