Lauren Young , a department editor for the Personal Business section at BusinessWeek, covers mutual funds, travel, and health, among other topics. She joined BusinessWeek in October 2003 after working as a senior writer for SmartMoney. Young also wrote about mutual funds for the Dow Jones Newswires and was a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. At Dow Jones, Young was a union leader and led a fight to have the health plan cover contraceptives. choiceusa.org
