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Hospital visitors in Dumfries and Galloway no longer have to wear masks following a fall in flu and norovirus cases. The ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

The UK Health Security Agency is urging people to take extra steps to help avoid the flu, including wearing a mask, getting ...

There is enough evidence to show masks offer at least some protection against catching and spreading Covid, experts said today amid fears that a culture war could break out over coverings after July ...

A large Danish study suggests that face masks may only offer the wearer limited protection against COVID-19 infection. Researchers found there was no statistically significant difference in the number ...

Covid is back in the news again as a fresh wave has sent cases soaring across the UK in recent weeks. The dominance of new Covid variants BA.4 and BA.5 in the UK suggest they're either more ...

Face masks are the single most effective precaution the public can take against the spread of Covid, according to a major new review of international research. A team of researchers from Monash ...

Downing Street sent out some mixed messages about mask-wearing in the Commons on Wednesday during the unveiling of the 2021 budget. While health secretary Sajid Javid has maintained that wearing a ...

People aged over 60 or who have underlying health issues are being advised to wear a medical-grade mask when they are outside and unable to socially distance, according to the World Health ...

Former vice president and current presidential candidate Joe Biden was spotted wearing not one but two face masks a few times during the presidential campaign. So just how necessary is it to wear two ...