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

There's one thing you should know before diving into the conversation around masks: The public should not purchase surgical masks or N95 respirators. Health care workers are facing shortages and need ...

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 ...

SAGINAW, MI — Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Amy Wisniewski didn’t know how to use a sewing machine. Now, the painter and owner of Vintage 11 is using her newfound sewing skills to pay the bills.

SAN ANTONIO — A mother-daughter duo has made a huge impact in the community, all while working from home. Eve Vialpando and her mother, Evangeline Aguillon, have helped make nearly 2,000 masks for the ...

Marina Nichols doesn’t yet have her driver’s license nor her own car, but she’s combating the coronavirus pandemic armed with another piece of machinery: Her aunt’s hand-me-down sewing machine, which ...

To mask or not to mask? That's been a confusing question for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 29, the official ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Face masks were scarce a year ago at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. So Marian Strozier put her sewing skills to work and made and donated about 100 hand-sewn masks for her ...

Still, if you want to make a mask, here are simple, step-by-step instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to do just that, whether or not you know how to sew. Not sure ...