WASHINGTON -- Update: As of Friday, April 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans to wear face coverings in public. RELATED: Should Americans wear masks? Everything you ...

On Jan. 5, Brown University Health — the largest hospital system in Rhode Island — announced that all of their facilities ...

The surgeon general on Saturday urged the public to stop buying masks, warning that it won’t help against the spread of the coronavirus but will take away important resources from health care ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical evidence, but their effectiveness depends on the type of mask used. Social media ...

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