American companies, including 3M and Prestige Ameritech, are investing in expansions to produce more N95 masks domestically, according to The Wall Street Journal. Before the coronavirus pandemic, ...

As shoppers scavenge to find toilet paper and other quarantine essentials, some crafters who are making protective masks said they struggle to find another necessary item: elastic. With protection ...

Good guys wear masks, too. They wear them to protect others, not just themselves. And there’s a great need for them right now, as the population of the planet seeks to halt the spread of the ...

When Mary Ann Laverty started Brevard Mask Makers early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, she never could have imagined how big the group would grow. With more than 500 members joining the Facebook-based ...

The call for more masks in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has been answered in the greater Pottstown area. VideoRay employee Tim Good didn’t have to think twice when asked to help take up the ...

SAGINAW, MI - As mid-Michigan medical providers begin accepting supply donations and volunteers step up to fill the need, a grassroots group is seeking to unite the Great Lakes Bay Region’s “home ...

With overrun hospitals facing an acute shortage of masks, people are pulling out their sewing machines to fill the void. By David Enrich Rachel Abrams and Steven Kurutz They are scrounging for fabric, ...

After sitting idle for several decades, a nearly 100-year-old sewing machine has been put to good use during the Covid-19 pandemic. Giselle Williams’ hairstyling and knitting businesses came to a ...

A factory in western France has become an unlikely outpost to help overcome a severe shortage as supplies dry up in China. An employee checking face masks at the Kolmi Hopen factory in France before ...

Cloth masks that the federal government advises will help stem the spread of coronavirus are in short supply. The answer? Make them yourself. And you don’t even have to have a sewing machine. Alia ...