Employees wearing masks and face shields are seen at the Railway Museum on the first day of re-opening on June 10, 2020, in Saitama, Japan. Takashi Aoyama / Getty Images ...

Should you wear a face shield, or is a mask enough protection against COVID and its variants like Omicron and Delta? We had experts weigh in to compare effectiveness of your options.

I've been wearing a rigid plastic face shield — a protective barrier against disease made of plastic — that covers my eyes, nose, and mouth, in place of a makeshift face mask.

A waiter covers his face with a shield as he chat with another man at a restaurant on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla., on July 14, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

If someone coughs in your face, a mask won’t protect your eyes, but a shield will. And unlike face coverings designed for single use, such as surgical masks and N95 masks, plastic shields can be ...

KGW can Verify, a face shield can be used as an alternative by some people but a face mask offers better protection. Do you have something you want us to Verify? Email us [email protected].

Face shields are most often worn as a double layer of protection over a mask. While a shield can help protect your eyes, too, they're usually unnecessary.

Face shields and masks with exhalation valves were found to be less effective at protecting others from the coronavirus than normal face coverings, according to a study on Tuesday. New research ...

Face shields alone won’t stop COVID-19 spread: Study Researchers at Florida Atlantic University found relying only on face shields or face masks with valves won't stop the spread of COVID-19.

Face Shields Can Be Helpful at Preventing Coronavirus Spread, but Should Be Worn with a Mask "From a purely scientific point of view, if you asked me, a surgical grade mask versus a shield, I ...