Some medical systems are temporarily requiring patients and visitors to wear face masks. The move is being made because there has been a recent rise in illnesses. UW Health requires masks in select ...

Hospitals across the U.S. are reinstating COVID-19 mask mandates as the JN.1 variant becomes the dominant strain spreading throughout the country. Mask mandates have long been controversial since they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff in clinical areas at Hull Royal Infirmary are already wearing masks [Getty Images] Visitors to Hull Royal Infirmary are ...

Pharmacists are raising concerns that a national shortage of protective face masks could cause a rise in medication errors and make it hard to ensure drugs remain sterile, NPR reported. Pharmacists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patients, visitors, and staff at several Rhode Island and Massachusetts medical facilities are now required to wear masks at all ...

Saratoga Hospital has lifted its employee mask requirement.

All patients, visitors, and staff at Brown University Health hospitals are required to wear masks amid an uptick in respiratory virus cases.