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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Health Care
    CVS has a plan to strong-arm other pharmacies out of selling cigarettesCVS has a plan to strong-arm other pharmacies out of selling cigarettes
    Health Care

    It’s CVS’ second round in its war against cigarettes.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    Good news: Senegal is officially Ebola-freeGood news: Senegal is officially Ebola-free
    Health

    There’s a sliver of good news in the Ebola outbreak: two African countries are successfully halting the spread of the disease.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Watch: Nurse with Ebola posts video from her Dallas hospital roomWatch: Nurse with Ebola posts video from her Dallas hospital room
    Health Care

    Nina Pham, one of the two Texas’ nurses infected with Ebola, posted a video late Thursday night from her hospital in Dallas

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    American potato lobby seeks desperately to understand millennialsAmerican potato lobby seeks desperately to understand millennials
    Health Care

    The U.S. Potato Board has embarked a quest to make sure my fellow millennials enjoy potatoes just as much as I do.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    No, budget cuts aren’t the reason we don’t have an Ebola vaccineNo, budget cuts aren’t the reason we don’t have an Ebola vaccine
    Health

    Extra funding doesn’t guarantee that a vaccine is right around the corner. That just isn’t how drug research works.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Liberia thinks it needs 84,000 more body bags for the Ebola outbreakLiberia thinks it needs 84,000 more body bags for the Ebola outbreak
    Health Care

    Data paints a dire picture of a country bracing for an outbreak that only gets worse.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Nurses are furious, may picket, over inadequate Ebola trainingNurses are furious, may picket, over inadequate Ebola training
    Health Care

    The country’s largest nursing union is considering the possibility of strikes if hospitals do not offer more extensive training on how to treat Ebola patient.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Culture
    Say thank you to nurses. They deserve it.Say thank you to nurses. They deserve it.
    Culture

    They are brave, underpaid and on the front lines of fighting the Ebola crisis.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Supreme Court blocks Texas from closing most of its abortion clincsSupreme Court blocks Texas from closing most of its abortion clincs
    Health Care

    Thirteen Texas abortion clinics will remain open, after the Supreme Court blocked a stringent new law from taking effect.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    How does an American nurse contract Ebola? With directions like these.How does an American nurse contract Ebola? With directions like these.
    Health

    Here’s what’s scary about the Dallas health-care worker infected with Ebola: she knew she was treating an Ebola patient.

    By Sarah Kliff