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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 ...

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 ...

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’s ...

Beginning Thursday all staff members providing direct patient care at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington will be required to wear masks. Staff at the hospital must wear a mask when ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Recently, I underwent breast cancer surgery at my local hospital. Imagine my surprise when I found several staff members who weren’t wearing masks in the operating room. Later I ...

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, ...

Hospital visitors in Dumfries and Galloway no longer have to wear masks following a fall in flu and norovirus cases. The region's health board reintroduced the measure in December in a bid to tackle ...

The featured video shows NEWS10’s previous coverage on the mask mandates. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Saratoga Hospital has lifted its employee mask requirement. The facility had implemented a ...