To understand exactly how effective both face masks and face shields can be at protecting you and others from contracting the virus, Rand McClain, DO, chief medical officer of Live Cell Research ...

The U.S. military is 3D-printing face shields, designing reusable plastic N95 masks and sewing surgical masks to increase the supply of critical medical equipment as hospitals across the U.S. work ...

Nine Department of Navy (DON) commands began 3-D printing medical face shields March 28 at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region VIII as part of the effort to combat ...

Producing face shields at 1,000,000 per week will almost triple the number of face shields made per week in the United States. Carbon, Prusa Research and Formlabs 3D Systems are producing 1,500 ...

8. Face shields alone do little to reduce COVID-19’s spread, suggests a Japanese study cited by The New York Times.

Sony Corp said on Friday it will manufacture and donate medical face shields to hospitals in Japan, amid worries about the availability of protective equipment for healthcare workers dealing with ...

Companies are volunteering to make face shields but first they need to develop prototypes that are being approved by government before mass production. That's part of why the materials haven't ...