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Author Archives: Kristen Hwang

Kristen Hwang reports on health care and policy for CalMatters. She is passionate about humanizing data-driven stories and examining the intersection of public health and social justice. Prior to joining CalMatters, Kristen earned a master’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in public health from UC Berkeley, where she researched water quality in the Central Valley. She has previously worked as a beat reporter for The Desert Sun and a stringer for the New York Times California COVID-19 team.

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A patient with COVID-19 is treated by staff in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Younis
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Los hospitales de California predicen que la crisis de COVID durará de 4 a 6 semanas

by Kristen Hwang January 13, 2022January 14, 2022
A patient with COVID-19 is treated by staff in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Younis
Posted inCoronavirus

California hospitals predict COVID crisis will last 4-6 weeks

by Kristen Hwang January 13, 2022January 13, 2022
Florinda Matias Pablo receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Sin refuerzo: la tasa de vacunas de refuerzo de COVID-19 en California cae por debajo del 40% en la mayoría de los condados

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra January 7, 2022January 7, 2022
Florinda Matias Pablo receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

Unboosted: California COVID-19 booster rate falls below 40% in most counties

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra January 7, 2022January 7, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus

Did California get its money’s worth from $1.7 billion COVID test contract?

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra December 16, 2021April 20, 2022
Pedestrians walk past a sign for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles on August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Posted inCoronavirus

First US omicron infection found in San Francisco

by Kristen Hwang December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
Pedestrians walk past a sign for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles on August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Primera infección por omicron de EE. UU. encontrada en San Francisco

by Kristen Hwang December 1, 2021December 2, 2021
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Provoca escasez de dispositivos médicos críticos el problema de la cadena de suministros

by Kristen Hwang November 22, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inHealth

Supply chain woes trigger shortages of critical medical devices

by Kristen Hwang November 22, 2021November 19, 2021
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Los hospitales se preparan para las huelgas mientras los trabajadores de California protestan por la escasez de personal

by Kristen Hwang October 15, 2021October 25, 2021

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