The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to use cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19 has generated numerous how-to articles and videos. As academics who ...

With medical grade masks still in short supply and badly needed at hospitals and other care centers, many Americans have turned to a variety of other options to help slow the spread of COVID-19, from ...

The time has come to start covering up. On April 3, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a recommendation that individuals should wear fabric masks in public spaces where social distancing can ...

LOS ANGELES - Nationwide shortages of key medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic have forced millions of citizens to fashion protective equipment to keep themselves safe during the widespread ...

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 military branches are requiring troops to make their own cloth face masks after the Pentagon's latest policy directed face coverings for all personnel during the novel coronavirus outbreak. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Homemade cloth face masks likely need a ...