ANN ARBOR -- Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found. A new report shows the second-year results, from 2007-08) of the ...

People who wear face masks to protect against disease typically don't neglect other steps that safeguard their health such as washing hands, according to a new study. Some experts had worried that ...

“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 ...

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Many people have multiple masks that they swap out while venturing out of their homes, but regardless of the number, it's important to keep your masks clean and yourself safe. One way to do that is to ...

Wear your mask and don’t forget to wash it, too. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to challenge our day-to-day and causes changes in our normal behaviors, it’s safe to say that this year’s ...

Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that the coronavirus spread mainly via large droplets, which fell ...