For over two months since the first coronavirus case in the US was announced, government officials said that those who are not sick do not need to wear a face mask. Even the surgeon general urged the ...

Now that experts suggest that wearing a mask or face covering is helpful against the coronavirus, folks are scrambling to make their own rather than tap into the supply of surgical face masks needed ...

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 ...

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President Donald Trump said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that people wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings when entering public spaces. However, masks are an extra ...

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It's difficult to keep your distance in a grocery store or pharmacy, so now the CDC says we should wear a homemade mask in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus — particularly in areas with ...