Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How effective are masks during a COVID wave?

Health departments are predicting another COVID surge related, in part, to more easily transmitted new variants and waning immunity.

Cardiology

Mask wearing amplifies harms of smoking

Smoking traditional or non-combustible cigarettes while wearing a surgical mask results in a two-fold rise in exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function compared to non-mask periods. That's the finding of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cyprus reinforces face mask rule indoors

Cyprus has reintroduced the mandatory use of face masks indoors for all people aged over 12, as coronavirus cases spike, the Mediterranean holiday island's health ministry announced Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks

Tourism is booming again in France—and so is COVID-19. French officials have "invited" or "recommended" people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or ...

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