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 ...

Not much of a handicrafter? Here are instructions, provided by Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, for making a face mask that doesn’t require much sewing know-how. It can be stitched together using ...

Because we’re all required to wear face masks when we go out in public now, I’ve been on the lookout for an easy face mask tutorial. I don’t like to sew, and I don’t have any extra fabric in the house ...

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 ...

Still, if you want to make a mask, here are step-by-step instructions — based on guidance from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin. If you don’t want ...

As the epidemic of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to overwhelm America’s health care workers who grapple to treat the worst patients, the federal health agency is urging citizens to do ...

The Centers for Disease Control has recommended the use of face masks in public. But with masks on short supply nationwide, however, you may have to get crafty to comply. DIY face masks and ...

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 ...

It may be time to get out the ski masks, bandannas and scarves if you're going outside. The CDC is recommending face coverings for all Americans. With COVID-19 cases on the rise, the CDC is shifting ...

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 ...

Here’s your step-by-step guide for how to turn household items into a no-sew face mask to protect yourself and others: 1. Find either a square bandana, scarf, handkerchief or piece of fabric and two ...

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