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 health care worker points while a person wearing a protective face mask waits in line to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

CalMatters en Español

¿Datos antiguos? La CDC aparentemente juzgó mal los riesgos de COVID de California

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

A health care worker points while a person wearing a protective face mask waits in line to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Old data? CDC apparently misjudged California’s COVID risks

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra March 2, 2022March 1, 2022

A physician's assistant listens to a patient's heartbeat at a clinic in Bieber on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

Aunque California expande Medi-Cal a indocumentados cientos de miles de inmigrantes no podrán calificar

by Ana B. Ibarra February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

A physician's assistant listens to a patient's heartbeat at a clinic in Bieber on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California is expanding Medi-Cal — but hundreds of thousands of immigrants will still be left behind

by Ana B. Ibarra February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Renata Garza-Silva, a teacher in Los Angeles, poses for a portrait inside her classroom on Thurs. Feb. 17, 2022. Garza Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

‘No somos tomados en cuenta’: los californianos que no pueden volver a la normalidad mientras el hastío del COVID se apodera del estado

by Ana B. Ibarra February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

Renata Garza-Silva, a teacher in Los Angeles, poses for a portrait inside her classroom on Thurs. Feb. 17, 2022. Garza Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

‘We don’t count’: The Californians who can’t return to normal as COVID fatigue grips state

by Ana B. Ibarra February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

Eddie Daniels administers rapid COVID-19 tests at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

‘SMARTER’: la administración de Newsom devela planes futuros para combatir el COVID-19

by Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Eddie Daniels administers rapid COVID-19 tests at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

‘SMARTER’: Newsom administration outlines future plans for COVID

by Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

The Kaiser Permanente Marshall Medical Offices in Redwood City on Sept. 15, 2020. Image via iStock

California’s no-bid contract with Kaiser triggers concerns

by Ana B. Ibarra February 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Roxanna Torres prepares a to-go order at Baker & Commons in Berkeley on Jan.19, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

6 cosas que debe saber sobre los riesgos de omicron en el trabajo

by Ana B. Ibarra January 21, 2022January 24, 2022