THE SHORTAGE of face masks for frontline health-care workers could be offset by making your own at home instead of buying them online. Here's a simple pattern you can use to make your own PPE. The ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X CONSHOHOCKEN – In “normal” times, they knit everything from baby blankets to gorgeous ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending Americans wear masks in public. The agency revisited earlier guidelines that said people didn’t need to wear masks after more evidence ...

With relaxations in rules and regulations and everyone coming out of their homes for daily chores and routine life, it is common to see people covering their faces with bandannas and fancy knitted ...

As lockdown measures begin to ease, our thoughts are turning to how we can best protect ourselves and others as we begin to visit shops, return to work and meet friends and family. The government has ...

No one really wants to wear a face mask but it sounds as though experts are increasingly coming down in favour of covering up our mouths to curb the spread of coronavirus. If you feel that those ...

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Duke University researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive method to test how well masks stop people from spewing droplets that could spread the coronavirus — and their initial tests have raised ...