by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 6, 2021 | Health News
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, reports from inside hospitals were that health care workers were reusing N95s for days at a time. These masks are typically for one use. A chiropractor for 22 years, Wolin partnered with his brother-in-law to form Protective Health Gear, a New Jersey company set on making N95 […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Feb 18, 2021 | Health News
ASTM International — an international standards organization — spent seven months conducting expedited testing and review and published its guidance on Tuesday. Experts and industry leaders say the new “Standard Specification for Barrier Face...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Feb 5, 2021 | Health News
The coronavirus pandemic triggered a sudden intense need for masks that had Americans making masks at home out of T-shirts and bandanas. Hundreds of new and untested products flooded the marketplace with almost no oversight or regulation, making consumer masks the...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 22, 2020 | Health News
Door-to-door trick-or-treating and costume masks and parties are discouraged this year due to the pandemic, the CDC said. “Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses,” the agency said in its posting. “There are...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Aug 25, 2020 | Health News
Very young children are less susceptible to the virus and are less likely to spread it to others, the two United Nations agencies said in a joint statement. “According to the limited available evidence, young children may have lower susceptibility to infection...
