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

Whereas medical masks are typically tied loosely around the face (hence air can bypass the filter), respirators fit snugly ...

The short answer is that the evidence remains surprisingly weak. Studies conducted before the COVID pandemic generally found ...

A University of Edinburgh study released in 2020 showed how face masks could reduce the distance breath travels by more than ...

New York and New Jersey hospitals see a rise in flu and respiratory virus cases, with the flu declared "prevalent" and a ...

Both Nevinson and Bashir agree that the symptoms of H3N2 flu are the same as your classic flu (which is to say… not very much ...

Flu and other respiratory viruses are on the rise in New York and New Jersey, prompting a number of hospitals to bring back ...

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

New York declared flu prevalent, triggering mask requirements for unvaccinated health care personnel in patient areas.

Go to your nearest urgent care facility or doctor if you have flu symptoms. You can get a prescription for an antiviral flu medication if you're diagnosed within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. But ...

Between low vaccine uptake and a problematic strain, hospitals across the country are seeing a flood of flu cases in the ER ...