Air pollution is an escalating global concern, posing severe health risks, especially in urban areas. From respiratory diseases to cardiovascular problems, prolonged exposure to polluted air can ...

UPMC said it's bringing back masks to try and curb the spread of respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, the flu and RSV.

What mask works best against smoke and ash? One of the best masks should already be familiar to you from the pandemic: an N95 mask.

Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing in hospitals led to a surge in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections, a cohort study found.

Several Illinois hospitals requiring masks as respiratory infections climb A mask requirement is in effect at area hospitals, including Rush University Medical Center, Rush Copley Medical Center ...

Beacon Health System Hospitals are now strongly encouraging visitors to wear masks when directly interacting with patients. This is due to a spike of respiratory illness in our community.

Elgin’s two hospitals, Ascension St. Joseph and Advocate Sherman, have reinstated policies requiring all visitors to wear masks as the number of cases of influenza, RSV, norovirus and COVID-19 ...

Dr. James Lederer, chief medical officer and chief quality officer for Berkshire Health Systems, said the uptick of RSV — or Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a common and highly contagious virus that ...

Aurora Health Care has implemented a temporary mask mandate and a visitor restriction policy as the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports that statewide respiratory illness levels are ...

Patients with respiratory symptoms, such as coughing, sore throat, fever and runny nose, are now required to wear a mask, along with those caring for them.

Citing “substantial levels of respiratory illness,” UPMC is requiring people to wear masks at all of its hospitals, including Washington and Greene, and health care offices starting Wednesday. UPMC ...