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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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A Clinica de la Raza staff member sanitizes her hands after administering Covid-19 tests in a parking lot along 35th Avenue near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on July 7, 2020. According to data provided by the Alameda County Public Health Department, Fruitvale’s 94601 ZIP code has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 cases of any ZIP code in Alameda County. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCoronavirus

A grim tally: Newsom puts brave face on California’s COVID-19 surge

Barbara Feder OstrovAna B. Ibarra by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra July 8, 2020
Needles and Pens owner Breezy Culbertson and her boyfriend, Scott Carl, prepare to reopen for curbside pickup on May 18, 2020 as San Francisco enters phase 2 of the Gov. Newsom’s plan to reopen California. “There’s not a lot of communication, it’s been frustrating to figure this out,” said Culbertson. “We’re trying to catch up.” Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

After record COVID week, some California counties to reverse reopening plans

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 26, 2020
Jeannie Richards, left, and her sitter Carol Soward, both of Hayward, and their brother Donald Soward look each other through his room window during a visit at the Gateway Nursing home in Hayward Saturday, May 16, 2020. Soward contracted COVID-19 at the care facility while recovering from a leg amputation. Photo by Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group
Posted inCoronavirus

Counting the dead: Nursing home COVID data a ‘tangled mess’

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 17, 2020
Posted inCalMatters en Español

‘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, 2020
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
Posted inCoronavirus

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

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 16, 2020
Posted inLabor

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

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 4, 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
Posted inAging

“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, 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
Posted inCoronavirus

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, 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
Posted inCoronavirus

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

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 6, 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
Posted inCalMatters en Español

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

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 6, 2020

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