Let me tell you from the get-go that the creator of one of the nation’s largest and most diverse grass-roots mask-making efforts did not intend to start a movement, to mobilize the masses, to spend ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Neighbors around Birmingham are coming together to try and sew masks for healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals and medical facilities are dealing with ...

In the last week, as I’ve worked around the clock with a cross-disciplinary group of designers and academics to develop an effective crowd-sourced DIY face mask, a lot of my smart friends (including a ...

Transportation Security Administration officers are following CDC advice and staying home when they are not working at the airport, and a few of them are making good use of their time by keeping busy ...

Owning a mask has become a necessity as businesses and schools require that people wear face coverings to combat the spread of COVID-19. A Bonita Springs sewing group is making masks and giving them ...

Health care providers bracing for a flood of coronavirus cases are already worried about adequate supplies of necessities like face masks. Recently updated advice from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Gert McMullin sewing masks (photo by Mike Smith, courtesy Bay Area Community Services) Gert McMullin has never been one to idle in times of crisis. When the HIV and AIDS pandemic first overtook the ...

When the coronavirus pandemic escalated in late March, frontline facilities like hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and grocery stores across the nation began to experience shortages of personal ...