Standard surgical masks don’t fully seal around a person’s face, allowing for more participle exposure. But simply adding two rubber bands may improve the seal and offer N95 respirator-level ...

The CDC's is now recommending that Americans wear a cloth mask when they go out. KHQ has an easy way for you to make one. All it requires is a bandana and two rubber bands or hair ties. 18x18 is the ...

We may be out of the circuit breaker and into phase one of reopening Singapore, but some things haven't quite changed yet, such as the mandatory wearing of a mask whenever you head out of the home. As ...

Simple rubber band fix can modify surgical mask seal to N-95 respirators, reports a new study. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and when maximum protection is needed against air-born infections, the ...

Nearly six million people have died in more than two years of pandemic, which has affected more than 590 million people worldwide. Ever since it had hit the world, hospitals globally have often ...

A simple modification to a surgical mask using rubber bands can improve its protective seal against particle exposure to the level of an N95 respirator, a study suggests. Throughout the COVID-19 ...

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The Surgeon General has instructed Americans on how to make their own 'cloth face covering' by using an old T-shirt and rubber bands, as the country is in the midst of a face mask shortage. Dr. Jerome ...

When the hospital where Sabrina Paseman's brother-in-law works was running low on personal protective equipment in March, she knew she had to help. Paseman and her family began calling hardware stores ...

Until recently, Sabrina Paseman worked at Apple as a mechanical engineer for products such as the MacBook Pro. Now, she and an ex-Apple marketer are trying to tackle a completely different problem: ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and when maximum protection is needed against air-born infections, the N95 respirator has remained the gold standard of personal protective equipment. However, it is ...