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The COVID-19 pandemic did not affect everyone equally. Communities of color, especially Latino (including undocumented persons), Black, and Native American groups, as well as people with low incomes, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- COVID-19 is undoubtedly on the decline in California, but in three counties it has practically disappeared. Alpine, Sierra and Trinity counties all reported zero new COVID-19 cases in ...

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. -- Mission Hospital in Southern California has been celebrating the recovery of COVID-19 patients with special "clap outs" -- doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists line the ...

COVID-19 viral activity was high in the United States during the first week of September, according to fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some regions of the United States ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Lawmakers are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a COVID-19 relief bill for farmworkers before the end of the month. The first-in-the-nation legislation would protect the ...

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has become the first in the U.S. to receive full approval from the FDA for people ages 16 and up. The vaccine still remains under emergency use authorization for children 12 ...

A new federal law gives freelancers desperately needed unemployment insurance coverage in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The need for coverage is particularly acute in California — a gig ...