ST. PAUL — Calling all Minnesotans with any sort of sewing skills. Now is the chance to make a difference. According to Joe Kelly, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management with the ...

Scientists who tested a variety of cloth face masks found that a nylon overlay significantly boosted how well they work. Researchers not involved... During World War II, nylon stockings disappeared ...

FARGO — Once the highlight of the week for many people during the stay-at-home order, as of Friday, April 3, trips to the grocery store and other errands have gotten a little more mysterious — in the ...

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 ...

Susan Scates has been crafting and quilting for a long time. Now she's putting those skills to work making cloth masks for her family and friends during the coronavirus outbreak. "I know that these ...

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 ...

Confronting new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus and a winter spike in infections, a number of European countries are beginning to make medical-grade face masks mandatory in the hope ...

A woman scientist from India is behind the push for mass use of homemade masks for more than a billion people, reports science writer Pallava Bagla. On 11 April, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Keeping your cloth masks clean is important to preventing the spread of the virus. Dr. Michael Gibson, cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, recommends cleaning your cloth mask after ...