At this point of living in the Covid-19 pandemic, you should have a few masks that are properly fitted and filtered. But if you want to have more on hand for double-masking, you can make your own. If ...

The women of the Refugee Artisan Initiative have been making masks to donate to health care workers and teaching others to do the same. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend wearing ...

Three days ago, the CDC officially set forth recommendations that everyone, regardless of whether they’re showing symptoms or not, should wear cloth face coverings in public settings. While there’s ...

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Purell and toilet paper aren't the only items flying off store shelves as coronavirus spreads. Masks have also become a hot commodity, so much so that hospitals across the country have begun sending ...

Now that the CDC is recommending we all wear cloth face masks in public, you may be wondering how exactly you can use what you have on hand to get out on public and keep others safe. As the ...

Amid a shortage of medical-grade face masks, such as surgical masks (loose-fitting, disposable masks that block large droplets but don’t filter small particles) and N95 respirators (tight-fitting face ...

From her home in Willow Spring, Amelia Patel is sewing face masks — and encouraging others to do the same. Over the weekend, the mom of two and CPA launched a Facebook group where she's sharing a ...

Here’s how to do it. By Farhad Manjoo Opinion Columnist It shouldn’t have come to this, but here we are. The world is running out of face masks for health care workers, which is one reason American ...

Mililani resident Aki Shin, 37, took a voluntary furlough from Hawaiian Airlines earlier this month and has been spending some of her time sewing fabric face masks for her ohana and friends. Shin ...