While regular surgical face masks can help prevent spread of airborne pathogens, a new modified mask could also protect the wearer by detecting health conditions, including chronic kidney disease.

Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne ... The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 35 million Americans have CKD, and many more could have the disease ...

A modified surgical face mask containing a specialized breath sensor can accurately detect when someone has kidney disease, ...

using silver electrodes coated with specially selected polymers. Researchers tested the face masks on 100 people, of whom about half were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. The mask correctly ...

Embedded between the fabric layers of this FFP2-style face mask is a specialized gas ... The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 35 million Americans have CKD, and ...