As lockdown measures begin to ease, our thoughts are turning to how we can best protect ourselves and others as we begin to visit shops, return to work and meet friends and family. The government has ...

To curb the transmission of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently begun to recommend using a cloth face covering when you’re out in public. But why exactly is ...

(NEXSTAR) – Before coronavirus, many of us only saw face masks at the doctor’s office. These days, they’re everywhere, and available in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and patterns. Now, they’re ...

Sharman Dorsey, Teresa Jenkins, and Petrina Cude of Sharman's Sewing Center pose for a photo with protective masks they made based off a design developed with a local doctor on Tuesday March 24, 2020.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Americans clamored for protection, everyone from fashion designers to apron makers to crafty teenagers started ...

Up to this point in the coronavirus pandemic, public health officials in the United States have advised healthy civilians against wearing face masks, despite a growing grass-roots masks-for-all ...

Cloth masks do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19, or other airborne diseases, a new study finds. Researchers from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom found that 90 percent of ...

Melitta, the German maker of the original paper coffee filter, retooled its production to make masks. A director called the filter’s perfect fit over the face “a gift from heaven.” Credit...Daniel ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RP Fedder Industrial LLC, a filter solution supplier, donated a roll of filter media valued at $1,000 to a group of volunteers sewing masks for healthcare workers throughout the ...