In makeshift home laboratories, a team of scientists discovered that cotton flannel is the optimal fabric, and their latest study says that the moisture from our breath makes the mask more effective.
As students return to school and employees head back to the office all with new safety protocols likely including wearing a mask, a new study from Duke University explores which masks are more ...
A new rapid expert consultation from a standing committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine responds to questions from the White House Office of Science and Technology ...
As we continue to wear masks while leaving home, which is quickly becoming a worldwide standard, people are looking for ways to not only make their masks more comfortable and wearable, but also more ...
Are you a medical professional? Can you sew? NO NO YES YES Use N95 or surgical masks Sew a cloth mask Cut a cloth mask The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public ...
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A basic clothing item that you likely already have tucked away in a drawer could make your homemade ...
While the CDC continues to stress that we all need to keep washing our hands frequently and maintaining a distance of at least six feet from people not in our household (when possible), the group says ...
Local sewing aficionados have spent the past few weeks toiling away at their sewing machines to fashion masks for health care workers, family members, neighbors and even strangers. During that same ...
June 30 (UPI) --To figure what types of homemade mask best prevent the spread of COVID-19, scientists at Florida Atlantic University used glycerine and laser light to illuminate the movement of ...