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Hospitals across the U.S. are reinstating COVID-19 mask mandates as the JN.1 variant becomes the dominant strain spreading throughout the country. Mask mandates have long been controversial since they ...

(Reuters) - Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness. Healthcare facilities in New York, ...

COVID-19 infection rates have steadily been on the rise, leading businesses and local governments to consider reinstating controversial mask mandates. Masks have been at the core of the political ...