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There’s no doubt that masks help prevent the spread of viruses, but getting children to wear them can be challenging. Choosing the right cloth masks for kids is important, since children are more ...

Which masks are best to keep kids safe? It's a question on many parents' minds as students return to in-person school amid a huge wave of coronavirus infections. Masking is a key safety measure in ...

Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says respirators — among them N95 and KN95 face masks — offer more protection than cloth masks, it does not specify which type of face covering is ...

Editor’s note: As we will report below, experts agree that face masks do not replace or relieve the need to wash your hands and social distance, and they absolutely do not alone prevent the spread of ...

While masking is optional for children in schools across the country, the CDC still recommends the use of masks to protect children and adults from getting sick when COVID-19 levels are high. And ...

Halloween is going to look a little different this year, since traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating is too risky (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against it). That doesn’t ...