SCHOOL PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DECISION. LMPD SAYS THEY FREQUENTLY SEE SUSPECTS WEARING MASKS TO HIDE THEIR FACES. SO MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG SAYS HE’S TAKING ACTION IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT MORE SUSPECTS ...

On Jan. 5, Brown University Health — the largest hospital system in Rhode Island — announced that all of their facilities would require patients, visitors and staff to wear a N95 or Level 2 surgical ...

In a study of 206 surgical procedures for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), the overall recurrence rate was 18.5%. Two distinct recurrence patterns were identified — tunnel recurrence occurred in 8.3% of ...

Patients, visitors, and staff at several Rhode Island and Massachusetts medical facilities are now required to wear masks at all times due to an uptick in respiratory virus cases in the area. Brown ...

Due to rising cases of the flu and respiratory viruses in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Brown University Health will begin requiring patients, visitors and staff to wear level-two surgical masks ...

Minutes before a 10-hour surgical procedure, 8-year-old Olivia Olson sat on a hospital bed grinning. With quiet confidence she explained why the operation was so important to her. “I think I look ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed a new city ordinance Wednesday that would ban the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers to increase transparency and accountability. If the legislation ...

A county in California wine country is beefing up its vaccine recommendations and instituting a mask mandate, citing "greater risk" of contracting COVID-19 amid the start of the annual flu season. The ...

California lawmakers have sent legislation to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) that could prohibit federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from wearing masks while carrying out raids in the ...

Masks saved an untold number of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, the resulting plastic pollution from those masks is concerning scientists. A new study found that disposable face masks, or ...

A new technical paper titled “Impact of Sn Particle-Induced Mask Diffraction on EUV Lithography Performance Across Different Pattern Types” was published by Hanyang University and Paul Scherrer ...