MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — Surgical masks continue to be in very short supply across the country as the coronavirus continues to spread. The head of Providence Medical Centers has said some of their ...

Wearing a mask in public is basically the norm these days (or at least, it should be). But let's be real, surgical masks aren't perfect. Namely, they can have a loose fit and allow potentially ...

A medical assistant working at a drive-up coronavirus testing clinic in Puyallup, Wash., on Jan. 4. (Ted S. Warren/AP) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate covid-19 ...

Personal protective equipment like face masks, gloves, and gowns are vital for ensuring frontline health care workers’ safety each time that they step into a clinical setting, especially amid the ...

Has your COVID-era mask been a constant companion or is it collecting dust? Americans’ relationship with masking has been fraught (and politicized) since the beginning of the pandemic, a time when ...

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — Inside a massive industrial building in North Richland HIlls, complex machines piece together surgical masks and send them down conveyor belts for packaging. The machines make a ...