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Barbara Feder Ostrov

Author Archives: Barbara Feder Ostrov

Barbara Feder Ostrov, Contributing Writer for CalMatters, has reported on medicine and health policy for more than 15 years. She most recently covered California and national health issues for Kaiser Health News. Previously, she covered the medical beat for the San Jose Mercury News for eight years and edited the website of the Center for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. She also worked at The Palm Beach Post and the Miami Herald. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Atlantic.com, Salon, Scientific American, PBS NewsHour, NPR, CNN.com, Ms. Magazine and Women's Day among other media outlets. She has won awards from the Society for Women’s Health Research, the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Florida Press Club. She is based in San Jose, California.

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Health care workers receive COVID vaccinations at a drive-through distribution site at Cal Expo in Sacramento on Jan. 21, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

‘Tedious, stressful’: Why older Californians are still struggling to get vaccine

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

California’s vaccination rate lags behind almost every other state. Its balkanized system, spread across 58 counties and three cities, and lack of adequate supply from the federal government have caused widespread confusion for people 65 and over.

National Guard members and medical personnel administer COVID vaccines to health care workers at a drive through distribution site at Cal Expo in Sacramento on Jan. 21, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

State activates MyTurn vaccine clearinghouse website

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 22, 2021January 23, 2021
Los trabajadores de la salud reciben vacunas COVID en un sitio de distribución de autoservicio en Cal Expo en Sacramento el 21 de enero de 2021. Foto de Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

“Tedioso, estresante”: por qué los californianos mayores todavía tienen dificultades para vacunarse

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 22, 2021January 22, 2021
Los miembros de la Guardia Nacional y el personal médico administran las vacunas COVID a los trabajadores de la salud en un sitio de distribución de autoservicio en Cal Expo en Sacramento el 21 de enero de 2021. Foto de Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

El estado activa MyTurn, el sitio web del centro de intercambio de información sobre vacunas

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 22, 2021January 22, 2021
People wait in line at a temporary COVID-19 vaccine super site set up at the north of the Toy Story Parking Lot at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on January 13, 2021. Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG

Vaccine chaos: Californians scramble for shots amid mixed messaging

Barbara Feder OstrovAna B. Ibarra by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
Registered nurse Merri Lynn Anderson tends to her patient in a COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Jan. 7, 2021. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

Hospitals seek relaxed rules for nursing, patient discharge

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 8, 2021January 8, 2021
Dr. Sergio Urcuyo, chair of the Department of Hospital Medicine, left, prepares to receive a Covid-19 vaccine from Registered Nurse Kathy Ferris, left, as Infection Prevention and Control Program Manager Holly Longmuir, explains the procedure to Licensed Vocational Nurse Henri K. at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Dec.15, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

California’s new goal: Vaccinate a million people in 10 days

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 7, 2021January 7, 2021
El Dr. Sergio Urcuyo, presidente del Departamento de Medicina Hospitalaria, a la izquierda, se prepara para recibir una vacuna Covid-19 de la enfermera registrada Kathy Ferris, a la izquierda, mientras Holly Longmuir, Gerente del Programa de Control y Prevención de Infecciones, explica el procedimiento a la Enfermera Vocacional Licenciada Henri K .en el Contra Costa Regional Medical Center en Martinez, California, el 15 de diciembre de 2020. Foto de Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

El nuevo objetivo de California: vacunar a un millón de personas en 10 días

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 7, 2021January 7, 2021
Phlebotomist lab assistant Jennifer Cukati, right, and Registered Nurse Carina Klescewski, left, care for a COVID-19 patient inside the Sutter Roseville Medical Center ICU in Roseville on Dec. 22, 2020. California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as close to the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began. Photo by Renee C. Byer, The Sacramento Bee via AP/Pool

COVID dangers intensify: California now in ‘deep dark part of the tunnel,’ top health official says

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 4, 2021January 5, 2021
Dentist Wendy Wu holds a nasal swab to test a person for COVID-19 in a drive through testing site by La Clinica de la Raza across from the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland onJuly 17, 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

Even more contagious? Here’s what you need to know about the mutating virus now in California

Ana B. IbarraBarbara Feder Ostrov by Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

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