I am a big advocate for sleeping in your skincare-and I'm not just talking about the cream you slather on your face before ...

I tested the Omnilux Contour Face mask for over six weeks to determine if it minimized the look of fine lines and uneven skin ...

Not all cloth masks are alike. Those with incorporated filters can offer a level of protection that nears that of N95, KN95, and surgical masks.

“Cloth and surgical masks do absolutely nothing for protection from ambient virus,” said Chad Roy, a microbiologist at Tulane University School of Medicine, referring to the virus spreading ...

What else can you do with cloth masks? If none of these options seem doable, that’s completely understandable. “All of textile recycling is basically kind of in a nightmare state,” says Dooley.

“Loosely woven cloth products provide the least protection, layered finely woven products offer more protection, well-fitting disposable surgical masks and KN95s offer even more protection, and ...

"Cloth masks are not going to cut it with Omicron," Linsey Marr, a researcher at Virginia Tech who studies how viruses transmit in the air, told news agency NPR in December.

Cloth face coverings are less effective at protecting against COVID-19 than surgical masks and respirators, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in updated guidance on Friday.

Some experts have said that cloth masks are inadequate to protect from the variant, and have urged the C.D.C. to recommend respirators for ordinary citizens. The agency did not go that far.

“Cloth masks are not going to cut it with omicron,” said Linsey Marr, a researcher at Virginia Tech, to NPR. Marr described cloth masks as marginally okay, but with omicron just “okay” isn ...

"Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations. There's no place for them in light of Omicron," Wen, a medical analyst for CNN, said on CNN Newsroom Tuesday.