Topic: N95

A boy arrives for the first day of school wearing a face mask (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Is my cloth mask good enough for Omicron

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
N95 respirator and KN95 respirator mask PPE for protection against COVID-19 (Getty Images/sockagphoto)

I can't stop hoarding N95 masks

Rachel Kramer Bussel
A nurse looks at test tubes after taking a blood sample from a patient suffering from Covid 19, in the Covid-19 department at the Bari Polyclinic on May 05, 2020 in Bari, Italy. (Donato Fasano/Getty Images)

CDC delays in mask advice cost lives

Christina Jewett - KFF Health News
N95 and KN95 Face Masks (Getty Images)

Counterfeit N95 scam widens

Christina Jewett, Jay Hancock - KFF Health News
N95 and KN95 Face Masks (Getty Images)

How KN95, N95 and KN94 masks differ

Nicole Karlis
US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

"Colossal backdoor vailout"

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
A sign tells customers that all N95 protective masks are sold out at Marin Ace Hardware on March 02, 2020 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Face mask shortage imperils research

Katherine J. Wu - Undark