Mililani resident Aki Shin, 37, took a voluntary furlough from Hawaiian Airlines earlier this month and has been spending some of her time sewing fabric face masks for her ohana and friends. Shin ...

The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to use cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19 has generated numerous how-to articles and videos. As academics who ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Want to make a mask to protect yourself, your community and your healthcare workers from the coronavirus? We’ve compiled simple step-by-step directions. You can follow them to make ...

Crochet and fabric masks are creative and serve as a reminder for us not to touch our face. These are not medical grade mask. You can use these to cover a medical mask. Both patterns cover the N95 ...

Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (and other local health officials) recommend everyone over the age of 2 wear a face mask, even those that are fully vaccinated, to help slow ...

Gert McMullin sewing masks (photo by Mike Smith, courtesy Bay Area Community Services) Gert McMullin has never been one to idle in times of crisis. When the HIV and AIDS pandemic first overtook the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Many face mask patterns call for elastic to secure the fabric to your face, to protect against the coronavirus. But if you can’t find elastic, what can you replace it with? There are ...