Banner Health has implemented a mask mandate beginning January 1st due to increased flu cases, with exceptions for patients ...

March 30, 2010 — Ordinary surgical masks are just as effective as high-filtration N95 respirators in protecting hospital staff from the novel pandemic influenza A strain H1N1, according to an ...

Now that H1N1 vaccine is widely available, Dr. Mask answers concerns about whether it's worth it.

Inadequate use of masks or respirators put healthcare workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December ...

Dr. Mask gets answers to questions about H1N1 vaccine and treatment possibilities.

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

February 24, 2009 Patient zero is said to be a 6-month-old girl from northern Mexico, according to Celia Alpuche of the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference in Mexico City. (Cohen J.