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How to Choose the Best Mask for Your Child
Low vaccination rates among young children are a big reason for kids to keep masking up, especially indoors.
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How Many Times Can I Reuse My N95 Mask?
How often you can safely wear an N95 or KN95 mask will depend on how it’s used. Here’s what you need to know and how to get a free one now.
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Free N95 Masks Available at Local Pharmacies, Grocery Stores
Free N95 masks are now available at South Florida pharmacies and grocery stores. NBC 6’s Hilary Lane reports
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Free N95 Masks Arriving at Pharmacies, Stores Around the US
Pharmacies and health centers around the country have begun distributing the first of the 400 million N95 masks the White House is sending out to combat the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19.
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Everything You Need to Know About Wearing and Reusing Filtered Masks
The surge of the omicron variant of COVID-19 created more interest in filtered masks – so here’s what you need to know.
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White House: Free N95 Masks Will Be Available at Pharmacies, Health Centers
The Biden administration will make 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile available for free to Americans starting next week
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CDC Updates Mask Guidance, Says N95s Are Best
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance, saying that N95 masks offer the highest protection.
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CDC Updates Mask Guidance, Says N95s Offer ‘Highest Protection'
The CDC on Friday updated its guidance on masks for the general public, now saying that people “may choose” to wear N95 and KN95 masks because they offer the best protection against COVID-19.
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US Seizes Over 11 Million Counterfeit N95 Masks
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the Department of Homeland Security has seized over 11 million counterfeit N95 masks in its ongoing fight to protect frontline health care workers
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Miami Lakes Maker of N95 Masks Has 30 Million on Hand
They’re hard to find, in demand and yet 30 million of N95 masks are sitting in a Miami Lakes warehouse just waiting to be bought.
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N95 Masks Stockpiled at South Florida Warehouse
A stockpile of 30 million N95 masks are sitting in a Miami Lakes warehouse.
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MIT Engineers Designed an Affordable, Reusable Face Mask That's as Effective as an N95 — Take a Look
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of N95 respirator masks presented a dire situation for the healthcare and frontline workers who needed them most. Essential workers who relied on N95 masks had no choice but to wear what were meant to be disposable N95 masks for weeks at a time. Some started disinfecting the masks to be...
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Protective Gear for Medical Workers Begins to Run Low Again
The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again
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Man Charged for $317M Sale of Virus Masks That Didn't Exist
A Georgia man has been charged in federal court with trying to swindle a foreign government out of $317 million in exchange for a huge shipment of masks to protect against the coronavirus that didn’t really exist.
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Dr. Bright Says Warnings About Lack of N95 Masks Were Ignored
U.S. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright discusses his attempts to get the Trump administration to secure more N95.
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HCA Hospitals Limit Use of N95 Masks for Healthcare Workers
Health care workers across South Florida are putting their lives on the line during the coronavirus pandemic. But, one of the largest hospital systems is now restricting the use of N95 masks for those treating patients with the virus. According to the HCA, there are new protocols for the use of protective equipment. N95 masks will only be used for…
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HCA Hospitals Limit Use of N95 Masks
Subtitle: A union representing health care workers at the hospital chain HCA sent a cease and desist letter to the company claiming it’s putting workers at risk.
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HCA Hospitals Limit Use of N95 Masks for Healthcare Workers
Health care workers across South Florida are putting their lives on the line during the coronavirus pandemic. But, one of the largest hospital systems is now restricting the use of N95 masks for those treating patients with the virus.
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Previously Criticized Mask-Maker Files Suit Against Fake Distributors
One of the largest producers of all-important N95 masks, 3M, filed suit against an Orlando-based company, claiming the company posed as 3M distributors trying to make a 500% profit from the National Strategic Stockpile.
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3M Files Suit Against Fake Distributors
One of the largest producers of all-important N95 masks, 3M, filed suit against an Orlando-based company, claiming the company posed as 3M distributors trying to make a 500% profit. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports.