Covid-19 News: Fauci Warns Americans Might Need to Wear Masks for Another Year
Here’s what you need to know: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci on “Meet the Press,” today.Credit…NBC News Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser for Covid-19, said on Sunday that Americans may still be wearing masks outside their homes a year from now, even as he predicted the country would return to “a significant […]
Two masks are better than one in fight against COVID: US CDC
Wearing two masks at once can offer more protection against potential coronavirus transmission and exposure than donning a single mask, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised. In a report published this week, CDC researchers said exposure to potentially infectious aerosols decreased by about 95 percent when a cloth mask was […]
Counterfeit N95 masks sold to US healthcare, government workers
The foreign-made knockoffs are becoming increasingly difficult to spot and could put healthcare workers at grave risk for the coronavirus, an investigation by US agencies found. Federal authorities in the United States are investigating a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation in which fake 3M masks were sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical […]
US health agency orders travellers wear masks on public transport
People across the United States will soon be required to wear masks on nearly all forms of public transportation, including planes, subways and buses, as the country grapples with high COVID-19 infection rates and growing concerns over new variants of the novel coronavirus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) issued an order […]
Firms debut Bluetooth N95 masks, AI perfume at virtual CES
From sanitising robots to personalised perfume dispensers to creative automotive technology and innovative apps, cutting-edge products and high-tech advances from around the world are on display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. CES is also normally one of the biggest and most crowded events held in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. But this […]
Biden to push masks, vaccines, school reopenings in COVID-19 plan
United States President-elect Joe Biden outlined his top goals for addressing the coronavirus pandemic in the first 100 days of his presidency as he introduced his nominees for key health positions in his administration. Speaking from his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, President-elect Biden said his top goals, developed with US infectious disease scientist Dr […]
Biden asks Fauci to join COVID-19 team, stresses need for masks
United States President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that he asked one of the country’s top infectious disease experts, Dr Anthony Fauci, to serve as his chief medical adviser when he takes office next month. In an interview with CNN, Biden cited his Chief of Staff Ron Klain’s previous experience working with Fauci “during the last […]
Biden’s win masks losses for Democrats in rural US
Democrats once dominated Koochiching County in the blue-collar Iron Range of northern Minnesota. But in this month’s presidential election, President Donald Trump won it with 60 percent of the vote. That is not because voters there are suddenly shifting to the right, said Tom Bakk, who represents the area in the state Senate. It is […]
Confused About Masks? Here’s What Scientists Know #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
With the coronavirus on the march through much of the United States, scientists are urging Americans to adopt the few health measures shown to slow the virus: universal mask use, social distancing, good ventilation indoors and hand hygiene. Mask-wearing has become a particularly divisive — and partisan — issue over the past few months. Still, […]
Hospitals and Health Care Workers Issue a Call to Arms for Wearing Masks #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
“Our shields are worn. Our resolve is being tested.” So say the most immediate, frontline health care workers in a new ad campaign as the coronavirus pandemic rages across the United States, breaking records nearly every day for deaths — and cases — in state after state. The campaign, in print and video, by about […]
Confused About Masks? Here’s What Scientists Know #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
With the coronavirus on the march through much of the United States, scientists are urging Americans to adopt the few health measures shown to slow the virus: universal mask use, social distancing, good ventilation indoors and hand hygiene. Mask-wearing has become a particularly divisive — and partisan — issue over the past few months. Still, […]
Danish Study Questions Use of Masks to Protect Wearers #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Half were given surgical masks and told to wear them when leaving their homes; the others were told not to wear masks in public. At that time, 2 percent of the Danish population was infected — a rate lower than that in many places in the United States and Europe today. Social distancing and frequent […]
Brazil artist paints faces on masks #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Meet the Brazilian artist who paints impressively realistic faces on protective masks. . Source link
Young Americans are least likely to wear masks: CDC #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
More people are using masks since the COVID-19 pandemic started but 18 to 29-year-olds more likely to ignore safety measures, according to CDC survey. A new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has found that mask-wearing has increased as the coronavirus pandemic deepened in the US, […]
The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Follow our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, in the United States through next spring, scientists reported on Friday. The findings follow an assertion by Dr. Scott W. Atlas, the president’s science adviser, that masks are ineffective, in […]
The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, in the United States through next spring, scientists reported on Friday. The findings follow an assertion by Dr. Scott W. Atlas, the president’s science adviser, that masks are ineffective, in a tweet later taken down by Twitter for spreading […]
Man Arrested After Threatening Wichita Mayor Over Face Masks #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Mayor Brandon Whipple of Wichita, Kan., said he often gets “goofy” threats, like the time someone said they wanted to attack him with a Goodyear blimp. But those threats took a serious turn on Friday after someone reported to the police that they had received text messages threatening to kidnap and kill Mr. Whipple, a […]