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 ...

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 ...

Call them the mothers (and fathers) of invention. Out of a need for cloth masks to protect against the COVID-19 virus, several area residents have sprung forth to provide a solution. For many, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- As fears rise over China's coronavirus outbreak spreading to the United States, more and more people are looking for ways to protect themselves. One of the most in-demand items are ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas -- An Eagle Scout from Texas City is taking the Boy Scout slogan "do a good turn daily" to heart. When the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact his community, high school junior Austin ...

Researchers have developed an accessible way to make N95 face masks not only effective barriers to germs, but on-contact germ killers. The antiviral, antibacterial masks can potentially be worn longer ...

More than a decade after it closed, 20 Yemeni women have revived the war-torn country's oldest factory to make face masks in anticipation of an outbreak of the new coronavirus. 20 women have brought ...