Ice hockey has been linked to the spread of COVID-19 in the sports community—including among youth—with multiple case transmissions in the past year being attributed to infected players exposing their teammates to the ...
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In recent months, some European airlines have banned the use of cloth face coverings to control the spread of the coronavirus during air travel, instead favoring surgical masks—sometimes referred to as medical or disposable—and ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Although being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 dramatically reduces your chances of becoming hospitalized and dying from the disease, the shots don't entirely eliminate risks of infection.
Sep 23, 2021
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Do masks work? And if so, should you reach for an N95, a surgical mask, a cloth mask or a gaiter?
Sep 22, 2021
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The Catholic University of Valencia and Valencian company Visor Medical, manufacturer of preventive health technology for innovation, have released a type IIR surgical mask with an intelligent fabric that can instantaneously ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Results of a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health show that people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 exhale infectious virus in their breath—and those infected with the Alpha variant ...
Sep 16, 2021
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With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks became a normal part of doing just about any activity outside the house.
Sep 8, 2021
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Wearing face masks, particularly surgical masks, is truly effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in community settings, finds a new study led by researchers from Yale University, Stanford Medical School, the University ...
Sep 2, 2021
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New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year (9-12 July), shows that wearing a surgical face mask can provide a similar degree of protection ...
Jun 24, 2021
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A new study from the University of California, Davis and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai confirms that surgical masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles from talking or coughing, even after allowing ...
Jun 8, 2021
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