A community activist voices opposition against the mask mandate by Banner Health during the flu surge. Read more.

In 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states had mandates requiring people to remain six feet apart and to wear masks while out in public. These rules were implemented to prevent the ...

According to the county, 3% of emergency visits in the North Sound region are for the flu and 0.8% for RSV. O’Brien explained that mask mandates can be repealed once the region is below the 14% ...