Wearing a cloth face mask has become a standard part of life when leaving the house amid the coronavirus pandemic. Face masks, which you can make from materials around the house, are meant to protect ...

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 ...

Following new guidance issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that people in the U.S. wear masks in public settings to mitigate the spread of covid-19 between individuals ...

In research that could lead to better gas mask filters, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been putting the X-ray spotlight on composite ...

After Business Insider first reported on a group of fashion designers who designed an effective face mask using blue shop towels, one of the designers received an outpouring of responses. The designer ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: As we will report below, experts agree that face masks with filters — and without — do not replace or relieve the need to wash your hands and practice safe social distancing, and they ...