Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mask-wearing was reintroduced in Dumfries and Galloway hospitals in a bid to reduce cases of flu and norovirus [Getty Images] ...

With about four months remaining into the flu season, Denver7 is getting answers about the measures hospitals are taking to stymie health care-related flu infections.

"If you do have flu, please don't visit your loved ones in hospital as they are more vulnerable and flu is more serious for those who are already unwell. "It also contributes to staff sickness. "If ...

Hospital visitors in Dumfries and Galloway no longer have to wear masks following a fall in flu and norovirus cases. The region's health board reintroduced the measure in December in a bid to tackle ...