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Dust off the sewing machine. Now that we are in stay-at-home mode, you can join the trend in sewing your own masks. Amid the coronavirus crisis, crafty people and those skilled at sewing have been ...

Guidance on whether to wear a face mask varies locally. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans, healthy and sick, wear basic cloth masks in public — a ...