We are going to run down some of the most common and important types of personal protective equipment (PPE) so you can get a clear overview of the different kinds of PPE and why it is so important.

As the coronavirus subsided in China and spread around the world, a global shortage of masks and other protective equipment emerged. Frontline medical staff are still clamouring for the items needed ...

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 ...

Microsoft, UPS and health care and other companies have teamed up on an app designed to help individuals and organizations who want to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) to connect with local ...

For months, health care workers have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local hospital officials tell KPVI what they believe is keeping workers healthy: PPE, especially masks. "We ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginians have been under a mask mandate for months because of the coronavirus pandemic. But there’s been an unintended side effect — more PPE litter. Masks and other ...

Making masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) with hydrophilic surfaces, where droplets of coronavirus spread out and dry faster, could reduce infection risk, researchers say. Since the ...

To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks and gloves used by people to avoid the coronavirus and then discarded on the sand. In the past ...