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Hospitals are asking for donations of N-95 respirators (the CDC-recommended masks for healthcare professionals working with infectious patients). But these efforts aren't enough to keep up with the ...

It was the last thing Sabrina Roffman of New City, New York, wanted to hear: In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, local medical facilities were running out of protective face masks. Her husband, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Norton Healthcare said while their supply is sufficient at this time, they are accepting masks, including homemade ones.Officials said homemade masks will be distributed to visitors, patients and ...

After already sewing about 1,000 protective fabric masks since the pandemic arrived full steam in March, Anita Schuckert of Iowa City now has a reason to be more dedicated than ever to the task. Her ...

The coronavirus pandemic is currently ravaging not only human bodies around the globe, but our healthcare systems. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other hospital staff are overwhelmed with new ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A shortage in face masks is inspiring people across the Triangle to make their own and donate them to local hospitals as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads. Not all face masks are created ...

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