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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Health Care
    Vaccines work. This chart proves it.Vaccines work. This chart proves it.
    Health Care

    One million fewer Americans get sick each year — all because vaccines exist.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    3 US hospitals stopped Ebola from spreading. Why didn’t Texas?3 US hospitals stopped Ebola from spreading. Why didn’t Texas?
    Health

    Better training and more experience may have helped America’s biocontamination units successfully prevent the transmission of Ebola.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    The stunning cuts to America’s budget to fight disease outbreaksThe stunning cuts to America’s budget to fight disease outbreaks
    Health

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s emergency preparedness budget has fallen about half since 2006.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Technology
    Awesome photos show how Google is using a camel to map desertsAwesome photos show how Google is using a camel to map deserts
    Technology

    Meet Raffia, the camel hauling a camera around the Liwa Oasis.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    There is a simple lesson in this Ebola outbreak, and we need to learn itThere is a simple lesson in this Ebola outbreak, and we need to learn it
    Health

    The Ebola epidemic is horrible. But it’s more than that: it’s a warning that what comes next could be devastating — unless we learn its lessons now.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    The White House has made applying for Obamacare a lot simplerThe White House has made applying for Obamacare a lot simpler
    Health Care

    Healthcare.gov is getting a facelift — one that the Obama administration hopes will simplify consumers’ shopping experience in 2015.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    How a Spanish hospital let Ebola spread, in one terrifying paragraphHow a Spanish hospital let Ebola spread, in one terrifying paragraph
    Health

    A nurse treating Ebola patients told health care workers “I think I have Ebola.” They didn’t listen.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    What we know about the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the USWhat we know about the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the US
    Health

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first-ever case of Ebola diagnosed in America.

    By Sarah Kliff and Julia Belluz
    Video
    Stop watching this video and go get a flu shotStop watching this video and go get a flu shot
    Play
    Video

    Do it for your grandparents, kid.

    By Joe Posner, Sarah Kliff and 1 more
    Health Care
    Thousands of Walmart workers are losing insurance — and it’s good news!Thousands of Walmart workers are losing insurance — and it’s good news!
    Health Care

    For the Walmart workers in this case, the end of employer-sponsored insurance could actually turn out to be a great thing.

    By Sarah Kliff