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SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s early yet, but there are signs the dreaded holiday surge in COVID-19 cases may be losing steam, with cases and deaths at a fraction of the levels seen around the same time in 2020 and 2021.

Masks can feel like a thing of the past in the US – but experts are once again advising them as Covid, flu and RSV surge simultaneously

The talk of the Golden State Warriors’ rough-and-tumble playoff series with Memphis had been all about elbow injuries and wounded knees — until Coach Steve Kerr landed in quarantine with COVID-19.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Here we go again?

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

COVID-19 cases are dropping in California and across the country to levels not seen since before last summer's nasty delta variant took hold. Face mask requirements have lifted. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's risk maps have shifted from red and orange warning colors to reassuring yellow and green.

LOS ANGELES — Public health officials say California’s strict coronavirus policies in schools in recent months have resulted in relatively few pandemic-related campus closures.