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 ...

Every day creates new cases of COVID-19 and medical workers on the front lines are fighting against the virus and work with limited resources of face masks and gloves. People in Shelby County have ...

Beginning next week, Cincinnati Children's Hospital is requiring all staff members to wear masks in clinical and public areas of all campuses due to the increased spread of respiratory illnesses, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Four area health systems have added masking requirements as our region deals with a spike in respiratory illness cases including COVID-19 and the flu. These hospitals and health ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two groups representing Ohio’s hospitals are asking the state’s school districts to consider requiring masks as children return to class in the new year. In a letter issued ...

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

PROVIDENCE – Visitors and staff members at some major Rhode Island hospitals, including Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, will have to wear masks to prevent the spread of ...