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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sarah Genova sat down at her sewing machine on Saturday and made about 30 face masks. On Sunday, she was back at, hoping she can donate her homemade masks to medical professionals on the front line ...

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It was the last thing Sabrina Roffman of New City, New York, wanted to hear: In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, local medical facilities were running out of protective face masks. Her husband, ...

Crafty people are stepping up to create homemade masks for health care workers facing shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic. Volunteers across the nation have formed sewing groups, where they share ...

WEST LAFAYETTE – As news spread that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reconsider its recommendation on wearing masks – that do-it-yourself, cloth models churning out of pop-up ...