FAMILY CAN AT LEAST MINIMIZE THE RISK. COVID, RSV, THE FLU AND NOW A NOROVIRUS. ALL ARE POPPING UP IN HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS OFFICES ACROSS THE REGION. WITH THE COLDER WEATHER ACTUALLY DRIVES PEOPLE TO ...

With cases of respiratory illness on the rise in northern Illinois, UW Health makes changes to its mask and visitor policies.

To help curb the spread of respiratory illness, UPMC is requiring masks be worn in all of its health care facilities, including UPMC Washington and Greene hospitals. Citing “substantial levels of ...

Wearing a surgical face mask in public spaces reduces the risk of self-reported respiratory symptoms, finds a trial of adults in Norway published by The BMJ today. The effect was moderate - a 3.2% ...

Multiple Illinois health systems have implemented full or partial mask mandates amid a continuing uptick in respiratory infections across the state. Rush University Medical Center, in a note on its ...

An uptick of respiratory illness has prompted some of our local hospitals to take extra caution. UC Health and Cincinnati Children's have reissuing mask requirements for workers.Staff members will be ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, a team of Norwegian researchers conducted a pragmatic randomized trial to examine whether wearing surgical face masks while in public spaces resulted in a lower ...

Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. In response to an uptick in respiratory infections, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday issued guidance urging that masks ...