The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping the U.S., causing a huge spike in covid-19 cases and overwhelming many hospital systems. Besides urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted, ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on Jan. 14, 2022 to clarify that some masks offer more protection than others as the highly transmissible omicron variant of ...
Wearing facial coverings in indoor public spaces — especially properly fitted masks — is more important than ever in the face of the most highly contagious variant of COVID-19 yet, according to ...
A new rapid expert consultation from a standing committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine responds to questions from the White House Office of Science and Technology ...