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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Following new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that everyone wear a non-medical, cloth face covering in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Volunteers from a Hong Kong theater group are turning their backstage skills to helping fight the new virus, sewing reusable protective face masks for those who can’t access or afford ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently advised people to wear face masks when in public in hopes of preventing people who have COVID-19--but aren't showing any symptoms--from ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — As the coronavirus outbreak puts more stress on hospitals nationwide, major Triangle hospital systems have asked for donations of medical supplies, especially personal protective ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has developed an accessible way to make N95 face masks that are on-contact germ killers. The antiviral, antibacterial masks can also ...

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 ...