Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, associate professor of infectious diseases, in the division of infectious diseases, and director of the UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, continues to share perspective and study learnings about mask filtration efficiencies. She contributed to the following news reports this month.
How to avoid buying counterfeit N95 masks – (USA Today)
Nasal spray touted as possible COVID-19 treatment game-changer but health experts urge caution – (ABC-11)
European countries begin move toward medical-grade masks to slow spread of COVID-19 variants – (CBS-17)
How to avoid buying counterfeit N95 masks – (Yahoo News)
What the new double-mask guidance from the CDC really means – (CBS 17)
Making masks fit better can reduce coronavirus exposure by 96 percent – (Science News)