Manufacturers on Long Island are experiencing a rare boom-and-not-quite-bust cycle when it comes to personal protective equipment. They scrambled three years ago to convert production lines to meet ...

Face masks are everywhere now. In many ways, this is good news: As vaccine rollout continues, wearing a mask is still the best way to stay safe and help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. (KGO) -- San Mateo County workers are scrambling to clean up a mess uncovered by the ABC7 I-Team. More than $10 million worth of precious personal protective equipment-- purchased ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Workers in California's San Mateo County are scrambling to clean up a mess uncovered by our sister station in San Francisco, KGO-TV's I-Team. More than $10 million worth of ...

Much was still uncertain about best coronavirus protection when the first wave of the pandemic arrived: mask-wearing for the public was not yet recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

N95 masks, also called N95 respirators, are personal protective equipment (PPE) that filter airborne particles such as ...

A group of 26 American mask manufacturers sent a letter to President Biden this week, urging him to adopt new policies to keep the country's nascent medical PPE industry afloat. One year ago, mayors ...

When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., many states like Ohio scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Supplies were so limited in 2020 that the state bought millions of ...

While federal mask mandates during the coronavirus pandemic were designed to protect the public and reduce the spread of COVID-19, they had another unintended outcome, too: all those used masks piling ...