As healthcare workers have been left with personal protective equipment (PPE) in short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic, companies and individuals—from Matouk to Apple—have stepped in to ...

Hospitals are asking for donations of N-95 respirators (the CDC-recommended masks for healthcare professionals working with infectious patients). But these efforts aren't enough to keep up with the ...

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 ...

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Use this free eye mask sewing pattern for costumes and Halloween to make a comfortable, versatile, and durable mask for adults and children. We have started talking about costumes at our house, and we ...

CHICAGO -- Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask has been evolving. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines on when to wear a face mask in public. New guidance from the Centers for ...

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 ...