
Laura Ungar
Writer at Associated Press
Medical/science writer @AP Past: @KHNews @courierjournal @usatoday @delawareonline @hartfordcourant Journalist striving for impact.
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huntingdondailynews.com | Laura Ungar |Michelle Smith |Devi Shastri
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say. kAm“(6 92G6?’E 925 2 DEC@?8 :>>F?:K2E:@? AC@8C2> E92E 42? C62==J 5@ 2 =@E @7 3@@ED\@?\E96\8C@F?5 H@C< 7@C J62CD[” D2:5 z2E96C:?6 (6==D[ E96 962=E9 5:C64E@C :?
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wdsu.com | Laura Ungar |Michelle Smith |Devi Shastri
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn't happen just by chance.Video above: Doctor on vaccine myths, measles outbreak, COVID boostersThe easily preventable disease declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say."We haven't had a strong immunization program that can really do a lot of boots-on-the-ground work for years,"...
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adn.com | Laura Ungar |Michelle Smith |Devi Shastri
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say.
Takeaways from AP's report on how flat funding set stage for Texas measles outbreak, might fuel more
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washtimesherald.com | Laura Ungar |Michelle Smith |Devi Shastri
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through Texas communities in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say. kAm}2E:@?H:56[ :>>F?:K2E:@? AC@8C2>D 92G6 366? =67E 3C:EE=6 3J J62CD @7 DE28?2?E 7F?5:?8 3J 7656C2=[ DE2E6 2?5 =@42= 8@G6C?>6?ED] w62=E9 56A2CE>6?ED 8@E 2?
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stuff.co.nz | Laura Ungar |Michelle R. Smith |Devi Shastri
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