As flu cases spike, is it time to start wearing masks again?

Yau Ming Low/Shutterstock.com With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu? The short answer is that the evidence remains surprisingly weak. Studies conducted before the COVID pandemic generally found that masksContinue Reading

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email New tests have revealed the fruit and vegetables most affected by potentially cancer-linked pesticide mixtures. Using data released by the governmentContinue Reading