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Purell and toilet paper aren't the only items flying off store shelves as coronavirus spreads. Masks have also become a hot commodity, so much so that hospitals across the country have begun sending ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The coronavirus pandemic has caused a shortage of medical supplies in U.S. hospitals. More specifically, face masks. No sewing machine? No problem! Lexie Perez, an officer with the ...

The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) recently advised all Americans to start wearing cloth face masks in public to help combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, prompting many people to get ...

Cloth masks that the federal government advises will help stem the spread of coronavirus are in short supply. The answer? Make them yourself. And you don’t even have to have a sewing machine. Alia ...

While we're all doing our best to keep safe in lockdown, lots of people are finding it hard to track down the equipment they'd like. Face masks, for example, are now being sold widely after the ...

Sarah Genova sat down at her sewing machine on Saturday and made about 30 face masks. On Sunday, she was back at, hoping she can donate her homemade masks to medical professionals on the front line ...