Health care professionals in the U.S. continue to face shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks and protective gowns. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via ...

PITTSBURGH — While masks and other personal protective equipment are serving to keep us safe amid the pandemic, environmental experts are growing increasingly concerned about the risks those items ...

Face masks are everywhere now. In many ways, this is good news: As vaccine rollout continues, wearing a mask is still the best way to stay safe and help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our ...

Shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) have plagued the U.S., on and off, since the start of the coronavirus epidemic. As the nation faces an alarming increase in new COVID-19 cases and ...

Fans in attendance will be required to wear masks throughout the game as part of the league's health and safety protocols. This goes for all fans, including the 7,500 vaccinated health care workers ...

Manufacturers on Long Island are experiencing a rare boom-and-not-quite-bust cycle when it comes to personal protective equipment. They scrambled three years ago to convert production lines to meet ...

New York's Attorney General is calling for cautionfor those looking to stock up on supplies to stay safe while the smoky conditions continue outside— similar to the situation during the height of the ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Although personal protective equipment is necessary in fighting the spread of COVID-19, a new report found that the large increase in use of disposable masks and ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Litter from personal protective equipment, or PPE, has become a worldwide pollution issue, and Tallahassee is not immune. Local environmental activists say face masks in ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, masking has been one of the key public health measures put in place to combat the disease. Since March 2020, billions of disposable surgical masks have been used ...

Discarded personal protective equipment being worn by people to stop the spread of COVID-19, such as face masks and gloves, are turning up on beaches around the world. In New Jersey, volunteer trash ...