The pandemic propelled 3M’s N95 to international stardom. What’s next?
Minnesota-based 3M still ships millions of respirators, though health care is not the major market it briefly was.
Do Face Masks Work?
Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID emergency, here's what the research says about face masks.
New York Gov. Hochul declares state of emergency in response to Long Island brush fires
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Saturday as crews battled brush fires on Long Island. She said 100,000 N95 masks will be sent to the impacted area.
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The pandemic propelled 3M’s N95 to international stardom
Other masks are available these days ... And many companies now make N95 respirators. But for 3M, which has gone from producing billions to hundreds of millions of N95s in recent years, the ...
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Do Face Masks Work?
Federal officials still wanted to reserve surgical masks and N95 masks for frontline health care workers. States then began introducing requirements that individuals wear face coverings in public.