Health settings may wish to consider making mask wearing mandatory due to the ongoing respiratory pressures, the health ...

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

Some NHS trusts in the South East are urging people to wear masks following a rise in flu cases nationally. Dr Tom Clark, ...

Staff, patients and visitors are being asked to wear face masks on wards at three hospital sites as flu cases rise. The ...

Hospital flu admissions in England have risen by 55 percent in a single week, pushing the NHS into what health leaders are ...

NHS leaders are encouraging people with flu symptoms to mask up in public. Does the science support this advice?

A professor has blamed a ‘new variant’ of the flu virus for the massive upsurge which has currently struck the UK. Yesterday ...

The NHS is taking extra measures to keep Scots safe as flu cases are expected to hit record numbers this year.

Visitors at an NHS trust are being asked to wear face masks across its site as cases of respiratory illnesses rise. The Royal ...

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is extending face mask requirements following an increase in the number of patients ...

People experiencing flu or cold symptoms should wear a mask in public places as the UK grapples with a “tidal wave” of ...

A growing number of politicians, health experts and members of the public have criticised recent advice from NHS leaders urging people with cold or flu symptoms to wear face masks in public, amid a ...