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

Florinda Matias Pablo receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

Unboosted: California COVID-19 booster rate falls below 40% in most counties

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Did California get its money’s worth from $1.7 billion COVID test contract?

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra December 16, 2021April 20, 2022

People walk down a street in Laguna Beach on May 17, 2021. California won't lift its mask requirement until June 15 to give the public and businesses time to prepare and ensure cases stay low, state Health Director Mark Ghaly said Monday. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

California mandates masks again

by Ana B. Ibarra December 13, 2021January 12, 2022

A registered nurse puts on her PPE before entering a room to check on a patient in a COVID-19 unit decorated with Christmas stockings at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Dec. 21, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

CalMatters en Español

Otra temporada festiva con COVID: ¿Está California en una mejor posición este año?

by Ana B. Ibarra and Hannah Getahun November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

A registered nurse puts on her PPE before entering a room to check on a patient in a COVID-19 unit decorated with Christmas stockings at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Dec. 21, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Another COVID holiday: Is California in a better place this year?

by Ana B. Ibarra and Hannah Getahun November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

Mobile vaccination teams visited Los Angeles Unified school campuses to deliver first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, as students returned to in-person classes in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Young children can receive COVID vaccines soon. Here’s what you need to know

by Ana B. Ibarra November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

Mobile vaccination teams visited Los Angeles Unified school campuses to deliver first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, as students returned to in-person classes in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake

CalMatters en Español

Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre cómo los niños pequeños empezarán ya a recibir las vacunas COVID.

by Ana B. Ibarra November 3, 2021November 5, 2021

A Fluzone influenza vaccine at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2018. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

COVID and the flu: Is a ‘twindemic’ threat lurking again?

by Ana B. Ibarra October 21, 2021October 20, 2021

A Fluzone influenza vaccine at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2018. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

CalMatters en Español

COVID y la gripe: ¿Está al acecho una amenaza ‘dobledemic’ de nuevo?

by Ana B. Ibarra October 21, 2021October 22, 2021

Dr. Shura Alexis Moreno in his home in Alta Loma on Sept. 13, 2021. Dr. Moreno was one of the COVID-19 patients to receive a lung transplant. Photo by Jessica Pons for CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

COVID y los Pulmones: los trasplantes son el último recurso para muchos pacientes de California

by Ana B. Ibarra October 13, 2021October 14, 2021