Minnesota-based 3M still ships millions of respirators, though health care is not the major market it briefly was. Few objects symbolize the pandemic as well as the N95. Impossible to find until they ...

Industrial firm 3M is working to solve a shortage of its N95 medical masks, which are in desperately short supply amid the COVID-19 crisis. "3M is committed to combating price gouging, fraud and ...

The makers of medical-grade N95 masks are rapidly adding production in the U.S. while research giant Battelle Memorial Institute is focused on ways to safely reuse the personal protective equipment.

3M has investigated 4,000 reports globally of fraud, counterfeiting and price gouging in connection with its N95 respirators. As a result, it has filed 18 lawsuits in North America. The Maplewood, ...