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 ...

BOSTON - Mass General Brigham and Beth Israel Lahey Health will be ending their universal masking requirement at all their facilities starting on May 12. Both hospitals cited the end of the public ...

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 Thursday, Dec. 18, Level 2 surgical masks must be worn by patients, staff and visitors during direct interactions.

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, ...

One woman spent 12 hours sewing masks for hospital workers. A California woman spent 12 hours straight sewing masks for those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic -- and she's not stopping ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Penn State Children’s Hospital doctor said kids as young as two can wear face masks comfortably and effectively. “Assuming it’s a kid who’s old enough to wear a mask properly, there’s no physical ...