Experts at Hong Kong Lingnan University have created a new transparent face mask which they say enables barrier-free communication. While it's a breakthrough for the hearing impaired who may need to ...

The pandemic's dawn has drawn technology companies to innovate against the virus that brought the world to its knees, which resulted in the lack of personal protective equipment like face masks. The ...

The Hill may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. We missed plenty of things during the last year, from international vacations and crowded sporting ...

First-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Surgery says improved patient-provider communication through the ClearMask™could lead to better patient outcomes, ...

Through the Omicron surge and the at-home covid test shortage, it became clear we all needed to search for the best N95 masks (or KN95) we could find — especially since the CDC has stated that cloth ...

The use of transparent masks during communication increases comprehension of speech by about 10% for people with hearing loss and people with normal hearing, according to a study published in the ...

The use of transparent masks during communication increases comprehension of speech by about 10% for people with hearing loss and people with normal hearing, according to a study published in the ...

(CNN) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask information for the American public on Friday, including clarifying that certain types of masks and respirators offer more ...

Lots of experts had been saying it for a while, but now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made it official by revising its guidelines to recommend Americans wear “the most protective ...

On one level, the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two and half years was a major triumph for modern medicine. We developed COVID vaccines faster than we’d developed any ...