Amid a shortage of medical-grade masks, federal guidelines now recommend everyone wear face coverings out in public. Here's ...

Now that experts suggest that wearing a mask or face covering is helpful against the coronavirus, folks are scrambling to make their own rather than tap into the supply of surgical face masks needed ...

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 ...

Homemade face masks have become essential items during the COVID-19 pandemic and now they're more important than ever. The CDC recently changed its guidelines to say that everyone should wear some ...

At first they said not to bother with masks; they didn’t work, they said. The messaging has changed now, with studies showing that even masks sewn by hand block half the coronavirus-sized particles ...

President Donald Trump said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that people wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings when entering public spaces. However, masks are an extra ...

Steve Engel repairs sewing machines for individuals and companies, nearly all of whom are now focused on making face masks. Courtesy Steve Engel. While businesses and industries across the state have ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, social distancing requirements from the Centers for Disease Control have swiftly changed. Up until early April, N95 masks ...

Suay Sew Shop tested new fabrics and facemask design Instagram But a small clothing manufacturer in Los Angeles says not to use T-shirt material, as the government suggested, but blue shop towels ...

With social distancing orders in full effect throughout most of the United States, families are going the extra mile to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. Following the CDC's national ...

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 ...