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 ...

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For those searching for a DIY quarantine activity, making your own masks may be the solution. Mask-making is a fun activity that goes a long way toward preventing the need to quarantine, helping the ...

Here’s your step-by-step guide for how to turn household items into a no-sew face mask to protect yourself and others: 1. Find either a square bandana, scarf, handkerchief or piece of fabric and two ...

This time of year—as temperatures fall and the humidity of summer begins to wane—our hair requires more from our routine than just a bi-weekly shampoo and condition. So, to hydrate this season’s dry, ...

Efforts to make the supply chain more resilient after pandemic shortages are no match for low-price foreign products, the companies say. By Joe Nocera The DealBook newsletter delves into a single ...

Since March 2020, we’ve all become a lot more familiar with face masks. This means that you’ve probably had to breathe through a mask that’s wet from sweat, rain, drool, or whatever the day brings — ...

The use of masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has been controversial almost since the beginning of the pandemic, two years ago. The U.S. Surgeon General made a huge early blunder, in February of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

Sales of face coverings have surged as the Delta variant spreads, and some designers see masks as permanent fixtures in our wardrobes. By Anna P. Kambhampaty When Elizabeth Schreiber, a registered ...