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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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Orange County residents wait in line outside tents for a COVID-19 vaccine at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim Jan. 13, 2021. Advocates had hoped a state panel would give higher COVID vaccine priority to disabled Californians. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo
Posted inCoronavirus

COVID advisory panel rejects higher vaccine priority for disabled Californians and those with chronic conditions

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov February 3, 2021February 4, 2021
Los residentes del condado de Orange hacen fila afuera con carpas para recibir una vacuna COVID-19 en el Disneyland Resort en Anaheim el 13 de enero de 2021. Los defensores esperaban que un panel estatal le diera una mayor prioridad a la vacuna COVID a los californianos discapacitados. Foto de Damian Dovarganes, AP Foto
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El grupo asesor de COVID rechaza una mayor prioridad de vacunas para los californianos discapacitados y aquellos con enfermedades crónicas

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov February 3, 2021February 4, 2021
Los residentes de Los Ángeles esperan en la fila en sus autos para recibir la vacuna covid-19 en el Dodger Stadium, el 26 de enero de 2021, en Los Ángeles. California está renovando su sistema de administración de vacunas para darle al estado más control sobre quién recibe las vacunas luego de las intensas críticas de un lanzamiento lento y disperso por parte de los condados. Foto de Richard Vogel, AP Foto
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Sacrificar la equidad por la velocidad? El lanzamiento de la vacuna COVID en California está causando preocupación

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 31, 2021February 1, 2021
Los Angeles residents wait in line in their cars to receive a covid-19 vaccine at Dodger Stadium, on Jan. 26, 2021, in Los Angeles. California is revamping its vaccine delivery system to give the state more control over who gets the shots following intense criticism of a slow and scattered rollout by counties. Photo by Richard Vogel, AP Photo
Posted inCoronavirus

Sacrificing equity for speed? California’s COVID vaccine rollout stirs concern

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 31, 2021February 1, 2021
Nurse Lynnen Svensson, left, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from medical reserve corps nurse Katherine Ambrose at a drive-thru distribution site at Cal Expo in Sacramento on Jan. 21, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

Educators, food workers join California’s priority list for vaccines

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 26, 2021January 26, 2021
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
Posted inCoronavirus

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

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

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
Posted inCalMatters en Español

“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
Posted inCalMatters en Español

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
Posted inCoronavirus

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

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