Share on Pinterest A new observational study shows that hospital mask mandates may not have done much to slow the spread of COVID-19 during the Omicron period. Morsa Images/Getty Images Data collected ...

Latoya Hawkins wears a mask as her 4-month-old daughter is examined at MLK Community Hospital in January. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) In a world moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals ...

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 ...

Amid rising COVID cases and hospitalizations throughout the country, several hospital systems or hospitals have reinstated mask-wearing requirements for patients and staff, as reported by Becker’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- If you walk into a doctor's office or hospital in much of the Bay Area, you'll notice every staff member must have a mask on starting November 1. Bay Area public health ...

Mass General Brigham is tightening its safety measures as respiratory virus cases continue to climb. The hospital system ...

As cases of respiratory viruses rise in Rhode Island, the state’s largest health system is requiring masks at its hospitals ...

Mask wearing at Manx Care sites was first introduced during the coronavirus pandemic, and the healthcare provider has returned to the policy several times, the last being in June 2024 in response to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAWRENCE, Kan. — Beginning Monday, masking ...

In a world moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and medical offices have been the last bastions of mandatory masking. But new research finds that in communities where pandemic precautions ...