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Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans, healthy and sick, wear basic cloth masks in public — a ...

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 ...

As lockdown measures begin to ease, our thoughts are turning to how we can best protect ourselves and others as we begin to visit shops, return to work and meet friends and family. The government has ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask to limit the spread of coronavirus has been evolving. The Taoiseach says the Government is now advising people to wear face coverings on public transport and in ...

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 ...

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, ...

Hakata-ori fabric masks (Photo courtesy of Sanui Orimono Co.) People line up to receive free Hakata-ori fabric masks from Sanui Orimono Co. President Katsuhiko Sanui, left, at the company's Hakata Ori ...

When designer Shalini James received a mail from the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) on April 7, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, that designers would receive assistance to manufacture ...