To curb the transmission of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently begun to recommend using a cloth face covering when you’re out in public. But why exactly is ...

Still, if you want to make a mask, here are simple, step-by-step instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to do just that, whether or not you know how to sew. Not sure ...

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The women of the Refugee Artisan Initiative have been making masks to donate to health care workers and teaching others to do the same. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend wearing ...

SINGAPORE - I received many enquiries from readers after I wrote about making masks at home with my mother Sheila Khoo, 68, a sewing enthusiast who makes cloth masks to give to friends. She uses ...

After they're printed, the reusable masks still need to be outfitted with a disposable filter cartridge and strips of neoprene foam to help create a seal between the mask and the user's face. The ...

Kuala Lumpur-based creative Ching Ng is the founder of cosy sewing studio Maker’s Habitat, which offers sewing classes and courses to adults and children. At Maker’s Habitat, you can sign up to sew ...

Amid a shortage of medical-grade face masks, such as surgical masks (loose-fitting, disposable masks that block large droplets but don’t filter small particles) and N95 respirators (tight-fitting face ...

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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With the COVID-19 pandemic causing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue recommendations to wear masks, area teachers, students and parents have stepped up to make sure essential ...