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Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters

Ana covers health policy and the COVID-19 pandemic. She joined CalMatters in 2020 after four years at Kaiser Health News. She started her reporting career at McClatchy’s Merced Sun-Star. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and other state and national news outlets.

Ana's Latest Articles

Adam Schiff and Doug LaMalfa want to reopen this county’s only hospital. But it won’t be easy

Glenn Medical Center has been in the same location for decades, but a narrow interpretation of a federal rule shut it down. Now thousands of people have to leave the county for emergency care.

Psychedelics have 3 paths to going mainstream in California. Here’s what you need to know

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