How to Make a DIY Face Mask for Coronavirus

Amid a shortage of medical-grade masks, federal guidelines now recommend everyone wear face coverings out in public. Here's ...
Reuters

'Better than nothing': Thailand encourages cloth masks amid surgical mask shortage

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health authorities are encouraging people to make cloth face masks at home to guard against the spread of the coronavirus amid a shortage of surgical masks. Thailand, ...
The Inlander

Stitches in Time: How making fabric face masks is helping me deal with the pandemic

Sewing is my new coping mechanism. The rhythmic whir of the machine’s motor is soothing white noise to my thoughts, and as the neat stitches march across the fabric like busy ants, my mind escapes to ...
KHON2

Study: cloth face masks ‘lousy’ form of protection

WASHINGTON (StudyFinds.org) – Cloth masks are “lousy” when it comes to protecting people from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, warns new research. Woven fabric doesn’t adequately filter out ...
Fast Company

The science of masks, explained by a mechanical engineer after 2 years of testing in his lab

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

An N95 Is the Best Mask for Omicron. Here’s Why

As health officials scramble to minimize spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, many experts have recommended that people switch from cloth or surgical masks to more-protective N95 and KN95 ...