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With medical grade masks still in short supply and badly needed at hospitals and other care centers, many Americans have turned to a variety of other options to help slow the spread of COVID-19, from ...

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The evidence concerning how effective homemade masks are effective in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus is "inconclusive," and more research is needed, doctors on an infectious diseases ...