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

COVID-19 patient Brian Parisi, 53, from Orange County, is treated by staff in the ICU at Providence St Joseph Hospital in Orange, on July 23, 2021. Photo by Omar Younis, Reuters

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Los pacientes de COVID se han duplicado en los hospitales de California

by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra August 10, 2021August 11, 2021

COVID-19 patient Brian Parisi, 53, from Orange County, is treated by staff in the ICU at Providence St Joseph Hospital in Orange, on July 23, 2021. Photo by Omar Younis, Reuters

COVID patients have doubled in California hospitals

by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra August 10, 2021September 28, 2021

An East Palo Alto resident is inoculated against COVID-19 during a community vaccination clinic run by Ravenswood Family Health Network at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park on April 10, 2021. Ravenswood clinics serve low-income populations with more than half of their patients participating in public health coverage programs such as Medi-Cal. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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Las vacunas COVID se retrasan para las personas con Medi-Cal

by Ana B. Ibarra August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

An East Palo Alto resident is inoculated against COVID-19 during a community vaccination clinic run by Ravenswood Family Health Network at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park on April 10, 2021. Ravenswood clinics serve low-income populations with more than half of their patients participating in public health coverage programs such as Medi-Cal. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

COVID vaccinations lag for people on Medi-Cal

by Ana B. Ibarra July 30, 2021September 28, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives a press conference at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Union City on April 15, 2021. Today, Newsom announced state employees and health care workers must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California orders vaccine or testing for health care workers, state employees

by Ana B. Ibarra July 26, 2021September 28, 2021

Noelle Tuominen helps Eleanor, 4, test her blood glucose levels at their Livermore home. Eleanor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at one year old has been doing her own finger pricks since the age of two. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

Newsom prometió a lo grande en el cuidado de salud de California. ¿Dónde están ahora sus ambiciosos planes?

by Ana B. Ibarra July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

Noelle Tuominen helps Eleanor, 4, test her blood glucose levels at their Livermore home. Eleanor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at one year old has been doing her own finger pricks since the age of two. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Newsom promised big on California health care. Where do his bold plans stand now?

by Ana B. Ibarra July 19, 2021September 28, 2021

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

Medi-Cal expansion: Some barriers for low-income residents removed

by Ana B. Ibarra June 22, 2021September 28, 2021

Rick Moran, kneeling, who lost his wife, Georgina, a hospital phlebotomist, to COVID-19 last year, holds a framed photo of her as he is comforted by his colleague Wallace Pippen during an event held to honor health care workers and those who lost loved ones to the virus at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on May 10, 2021. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

As California reopens, 6 things you need to know about COVID-19

by Ana B. Ibarra June 14, 2021September 28, 2021

Rick Moran, arrodillado, perdió a su esposa, Georgina, una flebotomista del hospital, por COVID-19 el año pasado. Él sostiene una foto enmarcada de ella mientras su colega Wallace Pippen lo consuela durante un evento para honrar a los trabajadores de la salud y aquellos que perdieron a sus seres queridos en el Centro Médico Providence St. Jude en Fullerton el 10 de mayo de 2021. Foto de Jae C. Hong, Foto AP

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A medida que reabre California, 6 cosas que necesita saber sobre COVID-19

by Ana B. Ibarra June 14, 2021June 15, 2021