Standard surgical masks don’t fully seal around a person’s face, allowing for more participle exposure. But simply adding two rubber bands may improve the seal and offer N95 respirator-level ...

Surgical masks can ward off COVID-19 just as well as N95s for healthcare workers exposed to patients infected with that virus, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests. To report that this ...

Recently, I underwent breast cancer surgery at my local hospital. Imagine my surprise when I found several staff members who ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has come up with a new way to help comfort kids heading into surgery. For thousands of young children every year, heading ...

The FDA narrowed its umbrella emergency use authorization for disposable, single-use surgical masks used in healthcare on March 6 after more than two years of the EUA prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

FARGO-The first surgeries are always scheduled for 7:15 a.m. The patients arrive at 5 a.m.In truth, though, they have been arriving for a very long time. First, discomfort. Then doctor. Diagnosis. The ...

Share on Pinterest A new observational study shows that hospital mask mandates may not have done much to slow the spread of COVID-19 during the Omicron period. Morsa Images/Getty Images Data collected ...

During the first 10 months of Omicron activity the real-world benefit of mask-wearing in isolation was likely to be, at best, modest, said UK researchers. Mask wearing has been part of a package of ...

It's been nearly three years since masks became a requirement in healthcare settings. Some local hospitals are removing their mask mandates to a degree. In September, the CDC gave hospitals the ...

A Derbyshire hospital has brought in new face mask rules in a number of departments amid a rise in flu cases. Bosses at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital re-introduced mask wearing for all staff, ...