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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Nationally, we are seeing very high levels of influenza and, again, a growing wave of COVID-19 infections. A new variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K is driving some of this epidemic.

Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like ...

In a study of 206 surgical procedures for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), the overall recurrence rate was 18.5%. Two distinct recurrence patterns were identified — tunnel recurrence occurred in 8.3% of ...

Hospital systems in Rhode Island are requiring masking following a spike in cases of respiratory illnesses such as influenza and RSV. Infectious diseases doctors have been warning that the prognosis ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — As transmission rates of influenza and other respiratory viruses increase, Brown University Health is instituting a mask requirement at its hospitals. Starting Thursday, Dec.

Due to rising cases of the flu and respiratory viruses in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Brown University Health will begin requiring patients, visitors and staff to wear level-two surgical masks ...

With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu? The short answer is that the ...

From last week's Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision in Smith v. State, written by Judge Scott Walker; the Court of Criminal Appeals is Texas's highest court for criminal cases (the Texas Supreme ...

California lawmakers have sent legislation to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) that could prohibit federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from wearing masks while carrying out raids in the ...

Masks saved an untold number of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, the resulting plastic pollution from those masks is concerning scientists. A new study found that disposable face masks, or ...