While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently doesn’t recommend face shields for everyday use or as a substitute for masks, there is a growing chorus among the medical community ...

In times of pandemic or other health crises, a face shield can be an effective tool for keeping yourself — and those around you — safe. Face shields are designed to protect the mouth, nose and eyes ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many issues of waste into the spotlight, starting with the sheer quantity of petroleum-based personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the medical field and by ...

Currently, no studies exist that compare face masks to face shields. As Americans “mask up” to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a new trend is emerging with more people wearing clear, plastic face ...

One of the biggest challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is that we simply don't know what works against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Most of the scientific studies on controlling pandemics have been ...