Laura Ungar

As deaths mount, coronavirus testing remains wildly inconsistent in long-term care

May 13, 2020 at 7:42 p.m.

Mary Lanham's assisted living complex in Florida tested all residents for COVID-19 - once in March and again in April - even though no one showed symptoms. The preventive measure...

Margaret Jones, center, with Kensington employees, is seen from her second-story window after celebrating her 91st birthday with Amber and Lucy Cavazos, from Huntington Park, who had used a lift to reach her window's height, in the courtyard of assisted living facility Kensington Redondo Beach.

Many seniors depend on assisted living facilities. Now coronavirus is threatening the entire industry.

April 9, 2020 at 6:44 p.m.

David Aguirre jumped in his truck and drove toward the hospital in the predawn darkness the minute he got the news: His 91-year-old mom was being rushed from her Texas...

Un drogadicto prepara cocaína para inyectarse.

Resurge la cocaína y se vuelve más mortal en EEUU

December 27, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

La receta de una píldora para el dolor por el daño en un nervio revivió la adicción latente de Gwendolyn Barton el año pasado, despertando temores de volver a fumar...

Jessica Gilbert, 33, got her second dose of hepatitis A vaccine during a South Street Ministries program in Akron, Ohio, this summer. She'd had her first in late May, providing most of her immunity. "I want full protection," she said. "I don't want to be sick."

Hepatitis A is racing across the U.S. Here’s what you should know.

August 16, 2019 at 1:36 p.m.

Just before the Fourth of July, Trenton Burrell began feeling run down and achy. Soon he could barely muster the energy to walk from one room to another. A friend...

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