ATLANTA - Wearing cotton face masks is quickly becoming the new “normal” for many of us. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people age 2 and older wear cloth facial coverings in ...

I will never forget the first time I went out for a run with a mask on. I made it less than a mile before I was out of breath and I had to turn around to walk home. It was clear that my lung capacity ...

Fig. 1. Given (a) the scanned face model of a subject, we develop an optimization-based approach to design (b&c) a PAP mask cushion that fits the face model. (d) The designed mask cushion is ...

Even without a mask as an impediment, many people breathe in ways that compromise their well-being. By Jane E. Brody Starting with the first reports of breathing difficulties among people who ...

Big Tech is here to save us from COVID-19! With every responsible, compassionate person running around with a mask on nowadays, it seems inevitable that the phrase “wearable technology” will soon ...

Masks slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by reducing how much infected people spray the virus into the environment around them when they cough or talk. Evidence from laboratory experiments, hospitals and ...