The gas mask has a history that dates back thousands of years, though it wasn’t until World War I that it became nightmare fodder for Doctor Who and countless other stories. Here is a sometimes ...

If you’re going to live in fear, you might as well look cute and comfortable. If you grew up in Israel over the last couple of decades, you probably went to school carrying a gas mask along with your ...

Gas masks have apparently become a hot commodity near Ferguson, Mo., after more than a week of clashes between police and protesters since an officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.

Clarissa Ward of Fox News tries on her new protective mask, tested against both traditional agents and many toxic industrial chemicals: Back at the bureau, we were issued gas masks and told what to do ...

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 file photo, an Israeli woman carries gas masks at a distribution center in the northern port city of Haifa, Israel. The U.S.-Russian plan to dismantle Syria's ...