After the Center of Disease Control and Prevention started recommending the use of fabric masks, many people have started to wonder about best practices for disinfecting. A viewer asked about Facebook ...

Whether it be a bandanna, scarf or gas mask, we now know that any mouth and nose covering is better than none at all when it comes to coronavirus prevention. So, keeping our health in mind, Dr. Rita ...

While it's incredibly important to wear a face mask in public to reduce the spread of COVID-19, it's equally important to make sure you wash your masks properly. Just how often should you clean a ...

Cloth face masks are useful in protecting against the novel coronavirus — but only if you wash them after every use, according to a new study that found that reusing these face coverings over and over ...

“We live with bacteria and viruses in the ambient air and environment all the time,” says Rashid Chotani, M.D., a resident epidemiologist with HealthCentral. “So the more you wear a mask that has not ...

Each week, we answer frequently asked questions about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider for a future post, email us at [email protected] with the ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. But according to a new survey, 79% of Americans aren’t ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The CDC still recommends washing cloth face coverings ...

Back in medical school, we had multiple training sessions on how to scrub in for surgery, put on and take off our masks properly and when and how to use gloves. I never thought my patients would need ...