British Columbians have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities over the last ten months, and it has had a big impact. Our actions have ...

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre staff say an alternative to the N95 mask has been developed by using a modified full-face snorkel mask for health-care workers to potentially use during the COVID-19 ...

To further help limit the spread of COVID-19, the University of Toronto is implementing a temporary measure that calls for non-medical masks or face coverings to be worn inside buildings that are ...

Lung conditions don’t prevent someone from safely wearing a mask, but anxiety does, says an Edmonton respirologist. With in-person classes resuming next week, Dr. Christopher Ewing says many parents ...

Shortly after news broke that a case of coronavirus had been confirmed in Washington state, John Elzinga, who manages an industrial supply store in Langley, B.C., noticed that boxes of his N95 face ...

With Canada’s economy starting to reopen, a new poll shows less than half of Canadians are wearing personal protective equipment when they go outside their homes. This week, some provinces are ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci may have stepped down as President Biden’s top medical adviser, but he’s still calling on Americans to mask up this winter if COVID cases skyrocket. He suggested that if cases surge ...