Some experts are questioning whether face masks should continue to be worn after the COVID-19 pandemic to protect people from the flu, common cold and other respiratory viruses. Now, similar queries ...

As wildfires scorch Canada and smoke blankets the United States from Minnesota to New England and south to Florida, millions of people are under air-quality alerts. Face masks — the same kind used in ...

To avoid breathing wildfire smoke, it's important to have the right gear. Dust masks, bandanas and damp pieces of cloth won't adequately protect you from inhaling fine particulate matter like PM2.5.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can face masks that help protect against COVID-19 also keep you safe from wildfire smoke? (Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles ...

The CDC said cloth masks provide little protection against wildfire smoke because they don’t catch microscopic smoke particles that can get into the lungs. For COVID-19, cloth masks are used as a form ...

Share on Pinterest N95 face masks offer the best protection from lung damage from wildfire smoke but KN95 masks are also effective. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images As wildfires decimate communities ...

As smoke fills the air of California, you should probably wear an N95 mask to protect your lungs. Slight problem: There aren’t any N95 masks. As smoke billows into cities such as San Francisco and ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The threat of coronavirus still is looming and combined with a new problem of bad air quality from west coast wildfires, means there are now more reasons to wear masks, but not all ...

Here’s what we know about wildfire smoke and a few tips to protect yourself. By Sophie Kasakove As the Dixie Fire rages in California, plumes of noxious smoke have turned the air as far afield as Salt ...

Wildfires continue to burn in Canada, causing smoke to drift south into some parts of the U.S. That smoke has brought down air quality across the eastern seaboard and other areas, stretching into the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Cloth masks used to slow the spread of COVID-19, by blocking respiratory droplets, offer little protection against wildfire smoke, according to the Centers ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. If you are living in a ...