covid-19

A group of California legislators has crafted vaccine laws that would be the most aggressive state approach to vaccines in the nation.

The CDC said half of Californians live in high-risk counties. But the agency apparently relied on outdated numbers of COVID infections and patients. Newer data indicates only 19 counties are in the CDC’s riskiest category, where universal masking is advised.

Starting today, the California mask mandate ends for the unvaccinated in most indoor settings in counties that allow it.

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Parents, educators and now students are caught in the polarized debate over mask and vaccine mandates. Officials are worried communities might not recover.

California's African Americans are dying from COVID at a higher rate now. And they make up a disproportionate and growing share of the death toll for middle-aged Californians.

Income inequality grew in California during three of the last four recessions before the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are trying to figure out if the same happened in 2020.

Millions of Californians at high risk from conditions like heart disease, autoimmune disorders and diabetes feel unprotected and forgotten as the state rolls back its COVID orders.

Gov. Newsom unveiled a new non-crisis COVID strategy, but Republicans in the Legislature want the state of emergency ended immediately.

Many were hoping the new California COVID plan would contain clear benchmarks for lifting pandemic precautions.