What do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat a dire global shortage of face masks that risks the health of millions amid the ...

CHICAGO -- Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the nation to go into lockdown, protective equipment became very difficult to find. With the CDC’s recommendation to wear a face mask out in public and more places ...

TOKYO — Once the World Health Organization and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention said face coverings help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, amateur seamstresses around the ...