Hospital staff and GPs have been told to wear masks as authorities scramble to understand why meningitis is spreading so ...

Multiple NHS hospitals have reintroduced a requirement to wear face masks in clinical areas as they declared critical incidents due to surging demand and winter viruses. The number of people being ...

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 ...

A top NHS executive has urged people with cold or flu symptoms to wear a mask in public as the health sector braces for a “tidal wave” of illness this winter. NHS Providers chief executive Daniel ...

NHS Midlands have issued updated face mask guidance as the winter period gets into full swing. As flu infections begin to creep up and Covid is still a nasty presence across the UK, the health body is ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical evidence, but their effectiveness depends on the type of mask used. Social media ...

A MANUFACTURER of medical equipment is helping frontline NHS staff by 3D printing face masks. As part of national efforts to beat the coronavirus pandemic, Stowood Scientific Instruments, which ...