BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Blair County fire department has received a 16-thousand dollar grant to purchase equipment to help test mask fitting. The UPMC Altoona Foundation awarded the grant to the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

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Torii Station, Japan – The U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Safety Office conducted annual fit mask testing for Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) personnel this month to ensure compliance with Army safety ...

University of Minnesota researchers are dangling the irresistible lure of free string backpacks at the Minnesota State Fair to study how masks fit different faces differently and offer varying ...

1. What changed in the CDC guidelines? The CDC currently recommends that you “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.” The question, then, is what ...

As the pandemic continues in 2021, we must remain vigilant against more contagious variants of the virus that have reached Colorado. Even with the rollout of vaccines this spring, we are in a race to ...

Catherine Clase is a member of the Cloth Mask Knowledge Exchange, a research and knowledge translation group that includes industry stakeholders. Industry stakeholders contribute to the Cloth Mask ...