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 ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – As the coronavirus pandemic continues on, face coverings are now an essential part of our everyday lives. If they've become harder to find, we've got you covered on how to make ...

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 ...

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 ...

As restrictions and shelter-in-place orders ramp up again around the country, one thing is certain: The need for face masks isn’t going away any time soon. If you don’t have a cloth mask yet, it’s ...

With one good snack and three coffee filters left in her kitchen, artist Laura Shill is busy stitching together DIY masks made from bedsheets and landscaping fabric that she had around her house. An ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) – A month ago, wearing a face mask to the grocery store wasn’t even on the radar for most of us. Now, more and more people are making their own masks to wear out in public because of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...