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 ...

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 ...

Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have implemented mandatory mask-wearing following a rise in coronavirus infections, thought to be exacerbated by the emergence of a predominant new strain of the ...