Up to this point in the coronavirus pandemic, public health officials in the United States have advised healthy civilians against wearing face masks, despite a growing grassroots masks-for-all ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Many face mask patterns call for elastic to secure the fabric to your face, to protect against the coronavirus. But if you can’t find elastic, what can you replace it with? There are ...

The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service. Follow this story and more by signing up for health, science, and environment email alerts. On Friday, President ...

In the midst of this crazy coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been making masks and sharing the process over on Instagram. Lots of you want to make masks as well and this is by far the easiest way to convey ...

The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to use cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19 has generated numerous how-to articles and videos. As academics who ...

SINGAPORE - I received many enquiries from readers after I wrote about making masks at home with my mother Sheila Khoo, 68, a sewing enthusiast who makes cloth masks to give to friends. She uses ...

One of Australia's biggest haberdashery retailers is predicting an Australia-wide shortage of elastic as people right across Victoria and New South Wales make COVID-19 face masks at home. Masks have ...