Author Archives: Ana B. Ibarra

Ana covers health policy and the COVID-19 pandemic. She joined CalMatters in 2020 after four years at Kaiser Health News. She started her reporting career at McClatchy’s Merced Sun-Star. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and many other state and national news outlets.

ana@calmatters.org

A delivery of state-supplied masks, face shields, no-touch thermometers, and hand sanitizer arrive for when Kern County schools are able to open for in-person instruction. Photo courtesy of Kern County Office of Education

Behind the ‘Wild West’ of school reopenings

by Ricardo Cano and Ana B. Ibarra September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Una valla publicitaria que anima a los conductores a utilizar una mascarilla colocada en la I-80 en las afueras de Vacaville el 28 de agosto de 2020. Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters

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Lo siguiente: Los californianos se preparan para una “doble epidemia”

by Ana B. Ibarra September 3, 2020September 10, 2020

A billboard encouraging drivers to wear a mask posted along I-80 outside of Vacaville on Aug. 28, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Next up: Californians brace for the ‘twindemic’

by Ana B. Ibarra September 3, 2020September 29, 2021

File photo of COVID-19 testing at San Francisco Department of Public Health laboratory. Today, Mark Ghaly, Secretary of California Health and Human Services, announced the state will enter into a new contract for a test reporting system. Photo by Tyrone Jue courtesy of San Francisco Department of Public Health

Tracking COVID-19: State signs multimillion-dollar contract for new reporting system

by Ana B. Ibarra September 1, 2020September 29, 2021

A nursing student does patient check-in and hands out requisition forms allowing patients to get their COVID-19 test results online at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

‘Game changer’ in California coronavirus testing to double capacity and speed up results

by Ana B. Ibarra August 26, 2020September 29, 2021

Dr. Sonia Angell, Director of California Department of Public Health, at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California on March 4, 2020. Angell has just announced that she is resigning from her post. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Amid pressures of pandemic, Newsom quickly accepts health officer’s resignation

by Ana B. Ibarra August 10, 2020September 29, 2021

A doctor listens to a man's breathing at a clinic in Bieber, California on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Pandemic snafu: State mistakenly drops Medi-Cal coverage for some low-income Californians

by Ana B. Ibarra August 5, 2020September 29, 2021

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Snafu pandémico: El estado cancela erróneamente la cobertura de Medi-Cal para algunos californianos de bajos ingresos

by Ana B. Ibarra August 5, 2020August 11, 2020

People line up behind a health care worker at a mobile coronavirus testing site at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles on July 22, 2020. A technical problem has caused a lag in California's tally of coronavirus test results, casting doubt on the accuracy of recent data showing improvements in the infection rate and number of positive cases, and hindering efforts to track the spread, the state's top health official said today. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Going down? Maybe not. State reports technical glitch led to COVID-19 undercount

by Ana B. Ibarra August 4, 2020September 29, 2021

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¿Cree que su condado en California está rastreando contactos de gente enferma? Tal vez no.

by Rebecca Sohn, Ana B. Ibarra and Manuela Tobias July 29, 2020August 11, 2020