Health authorities warn the run on face masks and sanitizer may be misguided. As fears of a coronavirus pandemic sweep across the nation, Americans have been buying up face masks, hand sanitizer and ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Want to be prepared for a flu pandemic? You may want to stock up on face masks and hand sanitizer, according to a new study. College students living in residency halls who ...

Every other Thursday we’re taking a look at a health issue or concern affecting many people, breaking down the information for you and telling you what you need to know to keep you healthy. In today’s ...

We seem to have enough now. More than enough. At the beginning of the pandemic, there were acute shortages of PPE and TP as consumers scrambled to stock up (or hoard). To meet demand, companies here ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Exposing contaminated N95 respirators to vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) or ultraviolet (UV) ...

Today, we all do our best to protect ourselves from coronaviruses. But a lot of what people are doing doesn’t really help, ...

"Price gouging" is usually the market reacting to an imbalance of supply and demand. Up until EBay implemented those policies, you could definitely get surgical masks and hand sanitizer, you'd just ...

Brian Koch, workforce development manager for Cornhusker State Industries, packs up hand sanitizer at the Lincoln Community Corrections Center. Inmates in Nebraska are working to produce hand ...