Laura Ungar
Kaiser Health News
St. Louis, MO, United States
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Recent articles by Laura:
As Deaths Mount, Coronavirus Testing Remains Wildly Inconsistent In Long-Term Care
Testing for COVID-19 varies widely across nursing homes and assisted living facilities, even within the same states and communities — increasing the risks for some of America’s most vulnerable seni… → Read More
Millions Stuck At Home With No Plumbing, Kitchen Or Space To Stay Safe
In 470,000 American homes spread across every state, washing hands to prevent COVID-19 may not be as easy as turning on a faucet. They don’t have showers or toilets or, in some cases, even water pi… → Read More
Born Into A Pandemic: Virus Complicates Births For Moms And Babies
COVID-19 is changing medical care, not only for vulnerable elders but also for pregnant women and their babies entering the world. → Read More
Physicians Fear For Their Families As They Battle Coronavirus With Too Little Armor
Doctors sent an impassioned, desperate letter to Congress describing the lack of protective equipment across the country — from masks to respirators to gowns to goggles. They’re using equipme… → Read More
Looking For Answers After Coronavirus Contact? Welcome To The Gray Zone
The COVID-19 outbreak has spawned confusion among health officials, doctors and the public, especially for people who fall into the gray area for testing and deciding whether they need to quarantin… → Read More
Congress Approves Boost In Food Aid For Seniors But Funding Falls Short Of Growing Need
Congress passed legislation Wednesday reauthorizing the Older Americans Act, which provides for home-delivered and group meals. Although proposed funding increases are substantial, they still don’t… → Read More
Five Years Later, HIV-Hit Town Rebounds. But The Nation Is Slow To Heed Lessons.
In February 2015, an unprecedented HIV outbreak fueled by intravenous drug use hit the small city of Austin, Indiana. Under pressure, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly allowed a syringe exchange. Fi… → Read More
Not Just Opioids: Death Toll From Cocaine is Rising
While the U.S. continues to focus mainly on the opioid crisis, cocaine is quietly making a comeback and has become one of the biggest overdose killers of African Americans when tainted with fentanyl. → Read More
Grief Grew Into A Mental Health Crisis And A $21,634 Hospital Bill
She spent five days in the hospital undergoing psychiatric care. The bill she got is about the same price as a new Honda Civic. → Read More
School Districts Double Down On Drug Testing, Targeting Even Middle Schoolers
FORT SCOTT, Kansas — Thirteen-year-old Aura Brillhart and her 11-year-old sister, Morgan, will face a new sort of test in school this year: a drug test. → Read More
Back To School 2019: Backpack, Lunchbox And A Drug Test
As schools begin a new year, more districts will test students as young as 11 for illicit drug use even as other drug prevention efforts are scaled back. More than 1 in 3 school districts nationwid… → Read More
Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging
One out of every 13 older Americans struggles to find enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasn’t kept pace with the graying population. → Read More
Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis
In the wake of the opioid crisis, the hepatitis A virus is spreading in more than half the states and making its way into the general public. → Read More
Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis
In the wake of the opioid crisis, the hepatitis A virus is spreading in more than half the states and making its way into the general public. → Read More
Sobering Up: In An Alcohol-Soaked Nation, More Seek Booze-Free Social Spaces
A national trend of boozeless bars is cropping up nationwide to create social spaces without the hangovers, DUIs and alcoholism culture. It’s part of a new push for sober options. → Read More
Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink
Alcohol is linked to heart disease, depression and many cancers, yet 67 million in US binge drink at least monthly. Sober bars want to change that. → Read More
Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink
Alcohol is linked to heart disease, depression and many cancers, yet 67 million in US binge drink at least monthly. Sober bars want to change that. → Read More
As measles cases reach record levels nationwide, 2 Kentucky kids have been infected
As measles rises to unprecedented levels across America, two Kentucky children have been infected. → Read More
Life out of tragedy: Organs donated by overdose victims are saving lives
Organs from those who have struggled with addiction are saving lives in Kentucky and across the nation. → Read More
Overdose victims 'living on and helping other people' through organ donations
Increasingly, organs from those who have struggled with addiction are saving lives in Kentucky and across the nation → Read More