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Since early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged both across the U.S. and the world, various photographs of masks worn during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic were shared online, as we noted with ...
New York hospitals renewed mask mandates in recent weeks as flu, COVID cases appeared to peak. Here's the latest on winter viruses' wave, mask policy.
Health officials are urging masks again amid high COVID, flu levels A young commuter walks through Los Angeles Union Station while wearing a mask.
The FDNY has ordered all firetruck and ambulance personnel to mask up while rendering patient care due to outbreaks of infectious diseases, The Post has learned.
Given that COVID cases, as well as the flu, surge every fall and winter, should you consider seasonal masking? (Illustration: Getty Images) This season, as the temperatures drop, viral infections ...
Mask mandates are back in Big Apple hospitals and other health facilities as cases of COVID and the flu have jumped in recent weeks, the city’s health department confirmed Wednesday.
“We have now declared that flu is prevalent in New York State, which means health care personnel who are not vaccinated against the flu this season need to take extra precautions and wear a mask ...
As flu season continues in Chicago, some hospitals are reinstating mask mandates. All three Rush hospitals — including Rush University Medical Center, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak … ...
The flu kills about 36,000 Americans every year. Dr. Allen Mask answered popular questions about the flu during Wednesday's 5 p.m. newscast.
On Wednesday, the health commissioner, Dr. James McDonald, said in a news release announcing the end of this year’s flu-related mask mandate: “As influenza season winds down and the virus is ...
An increase in Covid, flu and R.S.V. cases prompted city health officials on Friday to tell residents to wear high-quality masks indoors and in crowded outdoor settings.