Mask mandates return for health care facilities in deep blue state

Mask mandates are returning for a limited time during cold and flu season in the heart of deep-blue California's San Francisco Bay Area.

With winter fast approaching, several Bay Area counties have recently issued health orders requiring that face makes be worn in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other health care settings beginning on Nov. 1 and extending through either March 31 or April 30, 2025, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The new mandates were put into effect to prevent the spread of the flu...