CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The coronavirus crisis is creating all types of shortages — chief among them is medical apparel like gowns, gloves and especially masks. Yes, more will be manufactured, but in ...

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 ...

You take care of people.” Cloth mask-making exploded last spring, through sewing circles of handcraft veterans and online tutorials for novices, as the commercial supply chain caught up to the demands ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- More than a dozen volunteers with the National AIDS Memorial Quilt are using leftover fabric and putting their sewing skills to use during the coronavirus pandemic by creating masks ...

FARGO — Since the pandemic began, south Fargo sewer Cindy Holtan has turned her apartment into a mask factory. The reason for all this giving? She hasn't been able to spend much time eating dinner in ...

A year ago, performance artist Kristina Wong started a Facebook group called the Auntie Sewing Squad to get people to help sew COVID-19 masks. She's now working on a show that chronicles that ...

Given the spread and nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have now become an integral part of our “new normal.” Since most masks typically completely hide the user’s mouth, individuals within the ...

When the husband of a close friend died of COVID-19, Theresa Adams felt helpless. The man’s death in April was among the first identified with the coronavirus in Berks County, said Adams, a retired ...