Laura Ungar
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St. Louis, MO, United States
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Recent articles by Laura:
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
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
Horse racing is more dangerous than football for concussions. Why isn't the US doing more?
Jockeys have high rates of concussions, but US horse racing lags other sports and horse racing in other countries when it comes to dealing with them. → Read More
What you need to know about concussions and treating them
Wondering what a concussion is exactly? Here's everything you need to know. → Read More
Bevin: 'People are wise to get themselves vaccinated' against hepatitis A
Kentucky is in the midst of the largest hepatitis A outbreak in the U.S., sickening more nearly 4,400 people and sending nearly half to the hospital. → Read More
Kentucky's hepatitis A outbreak claims another victim, raising the death toll to 44
One more person has died due to the hepatitis A outbreak in Kentucky, bringing the death toll to 44 → Read More
Another Kentuckian has died due to hepatitis A, bringing death toll to 44
One more person has died due to the hepatitis A outbreak in Kentucky, bringing the death toll to 44 → Read More
Review of Kentucky's hepatitis A response gets bipartisan support
A committee voted to send a resolution ordering a review of the Kentucky's hepatitis A response to the Senate. → Read More
Where a woman delivers her baby in Kentucky can determine how safe she is
Childbirth complications at some Kentucky hospitals far exceed the national average → Read More
2 Kentucky Congressmen question why state officials didn't act faster in deadly hepatitis A outbreak
U.S. Reps. Hal Rogers and John Yarmuth say Kentucky appears to have dropped the ball → Read More