Laura Ungar
Writer at Associated Press
Medical/science writer @AP Past: @KHNews @courierjournal @usatoday @delawareonline @hartfordcourant Journalist striving for impact.
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medicaldesigndevelopment.com | Laura Ungar |Mike Stobbe |Lauran Neergaard
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn't have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the global health system and reshaped public opinion about how to control deadly emerging viruses. The virus is still with us, though humanity has built up immunity through vaccinations and infections.
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chronicle-tribune.com | Laura Ungar |Christina Larson
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — On a crisp, clear morning, a chestnut thoroughbred thundered down the dirt strip at Churchill Downs, his exercise rider leaning forward above the saddle. Other horse-and-rider pairs followed. Dr. Will Farmer looked down from a viewing point, admiring the speed and agility of the 1,000-pound animals. kAm%96 H9@=6 H@C=5 H:== 92G6 E96 492?46 E@ D66 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^9@CD6\C24:?8Qm9@CD6D :? 24E:@?k^2m 96C6 $2EFC52J[ H96?
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post-gazette.com | Laura Ungar
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the U.S., which afflicts 40,000 Americans. But her case is caused by a rare genetic mutation, so medications that work for 90% of people with cystic fibrosis won’t help her. The same dynamic plays out in other genetic conditions.
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abqjournal.com | Laura Ungar
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the U.S., which afflicts 40,000 Americans. But her case is caused by a rare genetic mutation, so medications that work for 90% of people with cystic fibrosis won’t help her. kAm%96 D2>6 5J?2>:4 A=2JD @FE :? @E96C 86?6E:4 4@?5:E:@?D] $EF??:?8 25G2?46D :?
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stltoday.com | Laura Ungar
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On a crisp, clear morning, a chestnut thoroughbred thundered down the dirt strip at Churchill Downs, his exercise rider leaning forward above the saddle. Other horse-and-rider pairs followed. Dr. Will Farmer looked down from a viewing point, admiring the speed and agility of the 1,000-pound animals. The whole world will have the chance to see horses in action Saturday, when the Kentucky Derby shines a global spotlight on equine athleticism.
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