Researchers around the world are trying to develop reusable face masks and virus filters to meet soaring demand for protective gear amid the coronavirus pandemic. In February, a company in China ...

When the novel coronavirus was spreading around the nation in April, Abe announced a plan to deliver two of the small, washable cloth masks to each household as a coronavirus countermeasure and to ...

Richard Peltier, Kabindra Shakya and colleagues believe theirs is the first study to rigorously test disposable surgical masks and washable cloth masks, widely used in Asia and Southeast Asia for ...

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention advises using masks that have at least two layers of tightly woven, washable, breathable fabric, such as cotton. When you wash your masks regularly ...