A University of Michigan-led project aims to fill medical N95 respirator needs after a shortage early in the COVID-19 pandemic and could lead to a "platform of innovations" in materials and designs of ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has unraveled the global supply chain for medical masks as manufacturers like 3M Co. and Honeywell International Inc. work in record time to stoke production at home. Physicians ...

Domestic suppliers of N95 and surgical masks are crumbling as hospitals return to buying cheaper products abroad, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 4. About 70% of the startup mask companies ...

Critical N-95 respirators arrive at Bellevue Hospital where FEMA logistics and hospital personnel help unload the delivery on April 3, 2020. (K.C. Wilsey/FEMA) Statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike ...

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded 3M two contracts to allow the Minnesota-based business to increase its production of N95 respirator masks in the coming weeks. According to a release issued ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman makes N95 masks The Biden administration's effort to distribute 400 million N95 masks for free dealt a blow to ailing ...

Trying to keep up with changing masking guidance from public health officials has been challenging to say the least. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first said that masks weren’t ...