As the “normal” in “new normal” changes daily because of the coronavirus pandemic, one thing feels certain: It looks like we will be wearing face masks for a long time. Ever since the Centers for ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center For Disease Control (CDC) is encouraging Americans to wear a cloth face mask when stepping out of the house in an effort to help prevent the spread.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. health officials are learning more about how the novel coronavirus is spreading and have since changed their stance on face masks. After initially saying it was not ...

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 ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) – A month ago, wearing a face mask to the grocery store wasn’t even on the radar for most of us. Now, more and more people are making their own masks to wear out in public because of ...

With the CDC now recommending wearing a protective face covering in public spaces, it's time to DIY one with some materials you already have around the house — no sewing necessary Sophie Dodd is a ...

Fabric from a cotton sheet combined with material from a prom dress, an old tie, or a pair of pajamas could be used to make a mask with a filter that’s nearly as good as the N95 mask, according to new ...

There continues to be a debate whether face masks can help contain the spread of coronavirus. Despite this, many countries, from Austria to Israel and Singapore, have made face masks compulsory on ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Although the federal government has recommended them, bandanas do a bad job of protecting the people wearing them from the new coronavirus – filtering out about 19 percent of ...

White House officials now recommend that Americans wear cloth masks in public as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new CDC protocols make clear that surgical or N95 ...

Here’s how to do it. By Farhad Manjoo Opinion Columnist It shouldn’t have come to this, but here we are. The world is running out of face masks for health care workers, which is one reason American ...