One clinic warned James when she called that it may not have masks on hand for staff, she recalled. A nurse at a hospital took 10 minutes to find one. An unmasked receptionist coughed as James ...

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 ...

Medical professionals and the CDC have consistently advocated for mask wearing, including outside of doctor's office or hospital. Currently, no state in the country has a mandatory mask policy for ...

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 ...

UW Health requires masks in select high-risk areas of the hospital during the annual respiratory season, which is usually from mid-November to mid-March. MILWAUKEE - While you are bundling up to ...

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 ...

However, on cancer wards, in dialysis suites and intensive care units, and at medical admissions, the mask mandate stayed in place. That allowed those areas of the hospital to serve as the study ...

"We're seeing an increase in flu cases in our hospitals and wearing a mask is an effective way to prevent yourself from catching or spreading the virus. "If someone brings flu into a hospital ...

The statement continued with, “In response, effective immediately, physicians and staff are required to mask in the Santa Rosa Hospital and Emergency Department while providing direct patient care.