Lauren Silverman


Lauren Silverman is the Health, Science & Technology reporter/blogger at KERA News. She received a Peabody Award for her contribution to NPR’s Ebola coverage in 2014 and has won several regional awards; an honorable mention for Edward R. Murrow awards, as well as the Texas Veterans Commission’s Excellence in Media Awards in the radio category.

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U.S. travel ban threatens to worsen nation’s doctor shortage

By Lauren Silverman, Kaiser Health News
22 February 2017 | 4 min read
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Women aren’t taking first place in top medical journals

By Lauren Silverman, Kaiser Health News
13 May 2016 | 4 min read

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