In a nutshell During the 2020 West Coast wildfires, people in smoke-affected areas spent significantly more time indoors, up ...

Donald Trump’s calls to ban protest masks has ignited a legal battle over free speech, privacy and whether face coverings are ...

A former funeral home owner in Colorado was arrested after being accused of hiding a woman's corpse in a hearse for two years ...

The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. Since the emergence of COVID-19, masks have become a way of life. But for ...

MADRID - The Spanish government on Jan 8 proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics, while Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a ...

Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia made wearing masks mandatory in healthcare centres around the country from Wednesday as the country faces a peak of flu and COVID-19 infections.

According to data published by the state-backed Carlos III Health Institute, in the last week of 2023, flu cases spiked 75 per cent in Spain, with 4,383 cases for every 100,000 people.

Five Spanish regions have announced the reintroduction of rules making the use of face masks compulsory in health facilities following a spike in flu and COVID-19 cases over the festive season.

About 675,000 people died in the United States during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and many of those public health lessons can apply to the current COVID-19 pandemic. By Rob McMillan Wednesday ...

With the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the habit of wearing masks is becoming established all over the world. While some people support wearing a mask because it is ...

However, surgical masks were not widely used until the early 20th century, and they were not standard until the 1940s. During the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918–19—which killed an estimated 50 million ...