As the new year begins and rainy winter weather surges on, cold and flu season is also well underway. With it comes the threat of a new and scary-sounding COVID-19 variant with a recognizable name.

Smoke from the eastern Canada wildfires continues to affect the Northeast as air quality has reached dangerous levels. The National Weather Service has issued an air quality alert for the entire state ...

Countless companies are now making non-medical grade face masks for daily protection from COVID-19-- and they couldn't be easier to find online right now. Beyond that, lots of brands are selling ...

The move comes after a federal judge in Florida said the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation was illegal. Need to stock up on masks? Uniqlo’s best-selling AIRism face mask is a Fast Company ...

Four weeks from the solstice. Two weeks from Halloween. Just in time for cold and flu season. Yes, yes, fall is great and all. Outside, the air is crisp, and the leaves are changing. But inside, you ...

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As the threat of a “tripledemic” continues to rise, more people are choosing to mask up to help prevent COVID, RSV and the flu. In the U.S., 43% of all COVID cases are now made up of XBB.1.5. — an ...

This Herman Miller face mask is designed to fight modern slavery The mask is inspired by architecture, and it's designed to raise awareness and funds to combat modern slavery in global design supply ...