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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

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    Returning Ebola workers shouldn’t be treated like “criminals and prisoners”Returning Ebola workers shouldn’t be treated like “criminals and prisoners”
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    Quarantines may sound nice, but they involve mistreatment of heroic health workers.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    The New York Ebola patient is a hero. Stop criticizing his bowling trip.The New York Ebola patient is a hero. Stop criticizing his bowling trip.
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    If the cost of treating infectious diseases was to give up everything else you love in life, no doctors would treat infectious diseases, and we would all be at much greater risk.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    Did you catch Ebola on a subway? A quick quiz.Did you catch Ebola on a subway? A quick quiz.
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    Did you inexplicably lick the subway poles that Dr. Craig Spencer used? That may have been a bad idea.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    An Ebola survivor exemplifies how we should all react to the new caseAn Ebola survivor exemplifies how we should all react to the new case
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    “I know people are tense but let’s get the facts before people start judging a very scared human who took risks for others.”

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    The secret history of birth control pillsThe secret history of birth control pills
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    Birth control pills were tested on male patients in mental hospitals — and that’s only part of the story.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    Renee Zellweger’s new look reveals the pernicious demands we make of all womenRenee Zellweger’s new look reveals the pernicious demands we make of all women
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    Society delivers a constant and consistent message to women: You do not look right. You should look different.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Forget Ebola, it’s soda that should terrify youForget Ebola, it’s soda that should terrify you
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    Regularly drinking soda can age the body just as much as a regular smoking habit, a new study finds.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Obamacare enrollment starts in 25 days. Nine in 10 uninsured people don’t know.Obamacare enrollment starts in 25 days. Nine in 10 uninsured people don’t know.
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    Here’s a big challenge for Obamacare: about three-quarters of uninsured American have no idea that its sign-up period is just around the corner.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    This Ohio man has the perfect reaction to EbolaThis Ohio man has the perfect reaction to Ebola
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    America’s Ebola hysteria ends with Peter Pattakos.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    A complete history of Ebola, in one graphicA complete history of Ebola, in one graphic
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    The team at Involution Studios has put together an incredible graphic explainer of Ebola, how the disease works why this particular outbreak is so bad.

    By Sarah Kliff