Laura Ungar

Why Biocompatibility Plans Should Focus on Storytelling, Not Data Dumping

Why Biocompatibility Plans Should Focus on Storytelling, Not Data Dumping

April 9, 2026

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Medline to Build New 800,000-Square-Foot Facility in Michigan

October 19, 2026

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New System for Wound Analysis Earns Patent for NJIT Researcher

October 16, 2026

Labcorp to Acquire BioReference Health Assets

October 16, 2026

Musk Says Neuralink Will Begin ‘High-Volume’ Production of Brain Implants

Musk Says Neuralink Will Begin ‘High-Volume’ Production of Brain Implants

The company is moving toward an almost entirely automated surgical procedure.

April 9, 2026

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Study Suggests Trump's Unproven Autism Claims Influenced Care

Orders for pregnant women showing up in emergency rooms dropped.

March 6, 2026

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Early Prenatal Care Is on the Decline in the U.S.

It improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby.

February 20, 2026

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A Dozen Former FDA Leaders Lambaste Claims by the Agency's Current Vaccine Chief

Former FDA leaders argue that new proposals would reject science about vaccine update evaluation.

December 4, 2025

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Trump Announces Deal with Manufacturer to Make Common Fertility Drug Cheaper

The administration will also encourage employers to offer fertility coverage.

October 17, 2025

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Kennedy Reups Unproven Tylenol-Autism Link During Cabinet Meeting As Trump Repeats 'Don't Take It'

“It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof.”

October 10, 2025

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Kennedy's Advisory Panel Recommends New Restrictions on MMRV Vaccines

The panel advised that the vaccine known as MMRV not be given before age 4.

September 19, 2025

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Doctors Want Women to Know the Nuanced Reality of Hormone Therapy for Menopause

It was once used routinely.

August 25, 2025

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NIH Cuts Spotlight Crisis Facing Patients with Experimental Brain Implants

Unlike medications, implanted devices often require parts, maintenance, batteries and surgeries.

July 28, 2025

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Healthy Babies Born After Scientists Used DNA to Avoid Genetic Disease

Using this method means the embryo has DNA from three people.

July 17, 2025

A dentist cleans the teeth of a child in the public health department’s mobile dental clinic visiting Starmount Elementary school in Charlotte, N.C., on March 20, 2025.

Deep Cuts Erode the Foundations of U.S. Public Health System

The Trump administration is pulling $11 billion of federal support and eliminating 20,000 jobs.

June 2, 2025

This photo provided by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows KJ Muldoon after a follow up dose of an experimental gene editing treatment at the hospital in April 2025.

Gene Editing Helped a Desperately Ill Baby Thrive

Scientists say it could someday treat millions.

May 15, 2025

This photo provided by Emily’s Entourage in April 2025 shows Emily Kramer-Golinkoff, who has cystic fibrosis caused by a rare genetic mutation, during a trip to Maine.

Genetic Medicine Can Leave People with Rare Mutations Behind

But there's new hope.

April 28, 2025

Cesar Acevedo, left, holds his infant son, Adriel Acevedo, as as nurse Tracey McElroy, right, prepares to give him a vaccination that included a polio dose at the Dallas County Health and Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2025.

Measles Exploded in Texas After Stagnant Vaccine Funding

New cuts threaten the same across the U.S.

April 14, 2025

In this photo provided by researchers researchers at UCSF and UC Berkeley, a UCSF clinical research coordinator connects a neural data port into the head of Ann, a participant in a study on speech neuroprostheses, in El Cerrito, Calif., on Monday, May 22, 2023.

Stroke Survivor Speaks Again with Help from an Experimental Brain-Computer Implant

It "converts her intent to speak into fluent sentences" in real time.

March 31, 2025