Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who said they always wore some type of face mask indoors were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared to those ...

Is it possible to acquire extraoral images of patients while they are still wearing masks for protection against COVID-19? It's possible, if you take a few steps to counter artifacts that might ...

"We're all deeply indebted to the medical professionals saving lives and reducing suffering caused by this pandemic," said Dirk Jeffs, president of Ultradent. "The work being done both in Utah and ...

(CNN) — Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine ...

Concern is mounting among healthcare workers over draft CDC infection control guidance that puts surgical masks on par with N95 masks. Nurses and other clinicians are urging the advisory committee to ...

The cold and flu season of 2022 has begun with a vengeance. Viruses that have been unusually scarce over the past three years are reappearing at remarkably high levels, sparking a “tripledemic” of ...

The World Health Organization updated its classification of airborne diseases last month in a move expected to influence infection control policies globally. However, it’s unclear whether the CDC will ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare ...