As the CDC changes its guidelines to recommend more heavy-duty masks, this scientist explains what's behind the difference in quality of cloth masks, surgical masks, and N95s—and how to make ...

Your COVID cloth masks might be less useful against Omicron and other COVID variants. But should you recycle them? Or reuse them some other way?

Instead of wearing N95 masks needed by medical professionals, make your own face mask with materials found at home.

How to Make Fabric Masks You’ll find many cloth mask patterns and guides available online, so you might have to search for the best one for your skill level and the type of supplies you have.

Like old underwear or dirty socks, your threadbare cloth face masks may be unhygienic. Learn how to protect your face masks and when you should dispose of them.

Witness the how to make a fabric face mask with an eye protector at home using no sewing machine! This simple DIY tutorial walks you through the process of creating a protective face mask and eye ...

We tested well-fitting cloth masks made from 16 kinds of cotton, on human participants, to see how many provided filtration comparable with a certified medical mask. Most of them did.

President Joe Biden’s plan to distribute 400 million free N95 masks rolled out Tuesday. Though the disposable N95s are better at preventing transmission of COVID-19 than single-layer cloth masks ...

If you’re like me, you probably have a multitude of questions on how to clean your fabric face masks.