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 ...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - Yale New Haven Hospital said this week that it had about 100 patients admitted with COVID, flu, or RSV. It was not sure when the uptick would plateau, so as of Wednesday, ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Saratoga Hospital has lifted its masking policy for all patients, staff and visitors as of Tuesday morning. According to the hospital, the mask policy was issued on ...

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 ...

Hospital visitors in Dumfries and Galloway no longer have to wear masks following a fall in flu and norovirus cases. The region's health board reintroduced the measure in December in a bid to tackle ...

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 ...

Starting Nov. 1, everyone at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) must wear masks again due to concerns about rising COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses."Now is the time to ...