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 ...

Face coverings are enforced for many in enclosed public spaces throughout the UK. (Posed by a model, Getty Images) Face coverings should be washed every day to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, ...

My favourite purchase of 2020 was a pack of silk face masks I bought from a shop on Etsy. I wear them every time I leave my house, always keeping one in my purse just in case I forget to grab one on ...

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 ...

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Viewer Susan F. asked the VERIFY team, “How bad is it to NOT wash your re-usable face mask?” The majority of states now require masks statewide, which means many people have turned to reusable options ...

“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 ...

Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, infectious disease epidemiologist and science communication lead at The COVID Tracking Project, says to think of your face masks like they're underwear. "Just change it ...