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 grassroots masks-for-all ...

SALT LAKE CITY — There are a lot of do it yourself videos online for making face masks, but the question is: will a homemade mask protect you as much as a surgical mask could? A video created by JOANN ...

Are you a medical professional? Can you sew? NO NO YES YES Use N95 or surgical masks Sew a cloth mask Cut a cloth mask The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public ...

The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) recently advised all Americans to start wearing cloth face masks in public to help combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, prompting many people to get ...

For over two months since the first coronavirus case in the US was announced, government officials said that those who are not sick do not need to wear a face mask. Even the surgeon general urged the ...

While we're all doing our best to keep safe in lockdown, lots of people are finding it hard to track down the equipment they'd like. Face masks, for example, are now being sold widely after the ...

Scientists are testing everyday items to find the best protection from coronavirus. Pillow cases, flannel pajamas and origami vacuum bags are all candidates. By Tara Parker-Pope Federal health ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans, healthy and sick, wear basic cloth masks in public — a ...