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 ...

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 ...

An Amherst pediatrician, concerned over the critical shortage of surgical masks now worn by many people to help slow the spread of COVID-19, has taken matters into her own hands. Dr. Martina Puzanov ...

Religious and lay Catholics live the call of faith as they help protect people from coronavirus. Hospital staff express their thanks for the hand-sewn masks provided by the Dominican sisters at the ...

If you’ve been following the spread of the novel coronavirus as it makes it way across the country, you’ve probably also heard about the growing concerns over shortages of protective face masks for ...

SALISBURY TWP., Pa. - As hospitals around the area face possible supply shortages, there are several ways you can help. Lehigh Valley Health Network is asking the community to sew face masks for ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Bohn: 60 years of sewing helps. MakeHaven volunteers have sewn 402 face masks for nonprofits and ...

Two weeks ago, Jane Staugas made bow ties. Matias Brecher manufactured wooden cellphone covers. Michele Hetrick sewed the bags tossed in backyard games of cornhole. Now they all make the same thing: ...

Don’t go out without a mask, we’re urged. Our reporter tried making a few designs, and learned that how you treat your mask is important as well. WHYY reporter Sabrina Emms, wearing a mask made from a ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask has been evolving. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines on when to wear a face mask in public. New guidance from the Centers for ...