N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

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Industrial firm 3M is working to solve a shortage of its N95 medical masks, which are in desperately short supply amid the COVID-19 crisis. "3M is committed to combating price gouging, fraud and ...

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...