Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans, healthy and sick, wear basic cloth masks in public — a ...

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Your social distancing uniform of T-shirts and sweat pants has a new accessory: Cloth face masks. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that the public begin wearing ...