More US Hospitals Requiring Masks as Flu, COVID-19 Cases Surge

Frank Cope waits for a car after a checkup at Bellevue Hospital in New York on Jan. 3, 2024. Taikwan Wright waits outside while his nephew is treated for asthma in the ICU in Bellevue Hospital in New York on Jan. 3, 2024.

More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses.