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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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‘Las cosas se han puesto feas’ (la oposición a la respuesta ante la pandemia lleva a los funcionarios de salud a renunciar a sus cargos)

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 16, 2020June 25, 2020

Hacía cien años que los funcionarios de salud pública locales no habían tenido tanta importancia como ahora, pero al mismo tiempo se han visto cuestionados, acosados y amenazados por residentes enojados por las precauciones durante la pandemia.

Orange County Chief Health Officer Dr. Nichole Quick resigned June 8, after receiving threats over her order for residents wear to face masks in public to protect against the coronavirus. Quick is one of several local health officers in California to quit since the pandemic began. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP

‘Things have gotten ugly’ — pandemic pushback drives health directors to quit

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 16, 2020June 25, 2020

COVID claims: Over 5,000 Californians file for workers’ comp

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 4, 2020July 8, 2020
Linda Jacobs, 71, at her home in Concord. Jacobs, who is especially high risk for COVID-19 due to a number of health conditions including diabetes, lung disease and a heart disease, relies on the Multipurpose Senior Services Program to continue living independently. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

“Might as well have them walk the plank” — Cuts may force many seniors into nursing homes

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 19, 2020May 20, 2020
A patient at the Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside is evacuated to a waiting ambulance Wednesday morning April 8, 2020. Employees of the facility, with 39 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, did not show up to care for sick patients two days in a row, Riverside County officials said. Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG

Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus testing way up, but state’s nursing homes still lagging

Barbara Feder OstrovAna B. Ibarra by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
An AC Transit bus driver wears a protective mask on March 25, 2020 in Berkeley. Essential workers were the beneficiary of a workers' compensation executive order signed by Gavin Newsom today. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California’s essential workers to get benefit of the doubt if they contract COVID

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 6, 2020May 19, 2020
An AC Transit bus driver wears a protective mask on March 25, 2020 in Berkeley. Essential workers were the beneficiary of a workers' compensation executive order signed by Gavin Newsom today. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Los trabajadores esenciales de California contarán con el beneficio de la duda si contraen COVID

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 6, 2020May 18, 2020
Bakersfield Drs. Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi from Accelerated Urgent Care held a press conference at their Coffee Road facility on April 22. They claimed their COVID testing proved the novel coronavirus had spread widely in the region and was thus less of a concern, but public health experts say they were jumping to that conclusion based on an unrepresentative sample. Photo by Alex Horvath / The Californian

Cue the debunking: Two Bakersfield doctors go viral with dubious COVID test conclusions

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov April 27, 2020April 28, 2020
California grocery workers hope the state adopts a new rule making it easier for essential workers like them to receive workers' comp benefits if they contract COVID-19. This masked worker stocks produce at Gus's Community Market in San Francisco. Photo by Ben Margot, AP Photo

Governor’s quandary: Who should get California workers’ comp benefits for COVID-19?

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov April 26, 2020April 26, 2020
State and federal planners are relying on conflicting coronavirus pandemic models — but an infectious disease model is no oracle. Image via iStock

Predicting a pandemic’s path: What models can and can’t do

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov April 20, 2020April 20, 2020

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