Articles by Ana B. Ibarra

April 2022

Plans to Curb California Insulin Costs Abound. Will Anything Get Done This Year?

March 2022

‘An Enormous Disabling Event’: Long COVID Could Have Inequitable Impact on Californians

Millions of Californians at Risk of Losing Health Coverage When Federal COVID Programs End

February 2022

As California Expands Medi-Cal, Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Will Still Be Left Behind

January 2022

Free Tests? As COVID Surges, Rapid Results Cost Up to $300

December 2021

California Mandates Masks Again

November 2021

Young Children Can Receive COVID Vaccines Soon. Here’s What You Need to Know

October 2021

COVID and the Flu: Is a ‘Twindemic’ Threat Lurking Again?

COVID Lungs: Transplants Are Last Resort for Many California Patients

August 2021

Imperial County Has One of California’s Best Vaccination Rates. Here’s Why.

July 2021

California Orders Vaccine or Testing for Health Care Workers, State Employees

Newsom Promised Big on California Health Care. Where Do His Bold Plans Stand Now?

June 2021

Medi-Cal Expansion: Legislature’s Budget Would Remove Some Barriers for Low-Income Residents

As California Reopens, 6 Things You Need to Know About COVID-19

April 2021

And Then There Were Two: Inyo and Merced Stuck in Strictest Tier

Have You Seen a Doctor Lately? Delays Likely to Trigger Deaths, Poor Health

February 2021

In Race to Vaccinate, Could California See Another Surge?

January 2021

In Race to Save Most Lives, California Wrestles With COVID Vaccine Eligibility

California Throws Open COVID Vaccines to Anyone 65 and Older

December 2020

Newsom Announces $450-Per-Student Incentive to Reopen Schools

Can California Protect COVID-19 Vaccine From Cheaters and Fraudsters?

November 2020

What’s at Stake for California if Obamacare Is Overturned, Explained

California’s COVID Cases Inching Up Amid Nationwide Surges

October 2020

Newsom Pledges More COVID-19 Testing Capacity With New Lab

The ‘Speed of Trust’: California Wants Statewide Panel to Review Any COVID Vaccine

September 2020

Nail Salons Get Green Light to Reopen Indoors, COVID Testing Now Available to All

Next Up: Californians Brace for the ‘Twindemic’

Tracking COVID-19: State Signs Multimillion-Dollar Contract for New Reporting System

August 2020

‘Game Changer’ in California Coronavirus Testing to Double Capacity and Speed Up Results

Amid Pressures of Pandemic, Newsom Quickly Accepts Health Officer’s Resignation

July 2020

The New Hot Spot: Newsom Targets Central Valley for $52 Million Coronavirus Aid

California Sets New Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

Hit or Miss: Californians Describe Vastly Different COVID-19 Testing Experiences

June 2020

Fauci to California: Good Work So Far, but State Needs Public Buy-In for Safe Reopening

This Week’s California Coronavirus Hospitalizations Are Approaching the Height of Pandemic

Not an Option: Governor Orders Statewide Mask Use Amid Scattered Pushback

Newsom: California Stabilizing Coronavirus, but Don’t Get Excited

May 2020

Trust Barriers Pose Challenge for Coronavirus Testing, Tracing Among Black and Latino Californians

California Budget Yanks Back Medi-Cal Health Care Gains for Low-Income Residents

Wanted: Health Care Workers. (Wait! Never Mind)

April 2020

California Could Reopen Schools as Early as July; Some Businesses Could Open in a Couple of Weeks

Virtual Medical Visits Are the New Normal During the Coronavirus Pandemic

California’s Undocumented Workers to Get $125 Million Coronavirus Disaster Relief

These California Medical Workers Are Signing Up for Newsom’s Health Corps — Despite Risks

March 2020

Coronavirus in California by the Numbers

As Coronavirus Toll Rises, So Does Health Care Workers’ Alarm


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