WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal authorities are investigating a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation in which fake 3M masks were sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities and ...

The company that makes the coveted N95 masks needed by healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic has taken notice of the frenzied scramble by unconventional companies to become suppliers of ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an ongoing investigation into counterfeits sold in at least five states to ...

3M announced Friday that two new production lines installed at its Aberdeen factory soon will increase production of N95 respirator masks due to high demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 3M ...

Hospitals across Washington state were alerted Friday to pull select N95 masks off their shelves and send them for analysis after an investigation uncovered knockoffs, said the state’s hospital ...

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Dr. Deborah Birx, Ambassador and White House coronavirus response coordinator, holds a 3M N95 mask as she and Vice President Mike Pence visit 3M headquarters ...

Less than a year ago 3M, a major American multinational in St. Paul, Minnesota, was churning out a bunch of everyday problem-solving products, like Post-its, Scotch tape and ACE elastic bandages. Then ...

Mask company 3M filed a complaint last week against an Ohio-based company that it called the "ringleader" in N95 mask fraud, an ongoing issue for 3M during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the ...

Aberdeen’s 3M plant and others like it have ramped up production of N95 masks and other respirators in recent months and expect to reach 2 billion globally by the end of the year. Denise Rutherford, ...

In early April, as U.S. supplies of N95 surgical masks were dwindling, President Trump took aim at 3M, America's biggest mask maker. Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which authorized the ...