Citing community transmission and record high cases of COVID-19 as the omicron variant spreads, U.S. hospitals and health systems are urging patients and visitors to opt for medical-grade face masks ...

Omicron, which World Health Organization officials warned is spreading faster than any COVID-19 variant, is again calling into question the effectiveness of reusable cloth masks. “The minimum would be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three years after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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