Effective March 1, all of Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s facilities will only require masks in buildings where health care is administered. This decision was made following a review of current national...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Wearing a face mask can help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community by reducing the release of respiratory droplets from asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic individuals or those...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued a face mask advisory today due to increases in COVID-19 and flu cases. The advisory recommends everyone over...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Finland health authorities have updated their mask recommendation for citizens. The recommendation is no longer based on the different stages of the coronavirus epidemic,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Two studies looking at important topics related to COVID-19 were recently published that look at the effectiveness of natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and the effectiveness of masks,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health reported an additional 16,044 new COVID-19 infections Sunday, including 215 deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, the Philippines...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews California education officials announced that schools will require masks be worn indoors in school settings, aligning with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews To date, only 12 million Filipinos have received one COVID-19 dose and three million are fully vaccinated  after five months in the country of more than 100 million. Face...

A new tool for monitoring COVID-19 may one day be right under your nose. Researchers at the University of California San Diego are developing a color-changing test strip that can be stuck on a mask and...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 It’s been shown that when two people wearing masks interact, the chance of COVID-19 transmission is drastically reduced. This is why public health officials have pleaded...