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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Health Care
    FDA delays calorie label requirement until late 2016FDA delays calorie label requirement until late 2016
    Health Care

    Chain restaurants lobbied for a reprieve on listing calorie labels on their menus — and won.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Do no harm: There’s an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don’t they?
    Science

    Some hospitals treat infections like plane crashes. Others treat them like car accidents. That difference in attitude helps determine whether patients live or die.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Behind the scenes: See how we reported “Do No Harm”
    Science

    This is our photo album from our investigation into medical harm.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Science
    Do you work in health care? Share your stories about patient safety with us.Do you work in health care? Share your stories about patient safety with us.
    Science

    Vox is running a year-long series on what happens when the health-care system harms patients and how those instances can be reduced — and we want to hear from medical professionals who could speak about it.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Medicare wants to pay doctors to talk about death. Expect political controversy.Medicare wants to pay doctors to talk about death. Expect political controversy.
    Politics

    The Obama administration is reviving a controversial policy to pay doctors for end-of-life talks.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Report: Obamacare has saved women $1.4 billion on birth control pillsReport: Obamacare has saved women $1.4 billion on birth control pills
    Politics

    Out-of-pocket spending on intrauterine devices, which can cost upward of $1,000, has meanwhile fallen 68 percent.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Women’s soccer teams win more if their country has better gender equalityWomen’s soccer teams win more if their country has better gender equality
    archives

    Countries with more opportunities for women have stronger athletes, too.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    The government’s bizarre firework safety videosThe government’s bizarre firework safety videos
    archives

    Yes, these videos are produced by an agency of the federal government. No, they don’t exactly appear that way.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Obamacare’s individual mandate, explained
    Obamacare
    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    One tweet that busts the most pervasive myth about Greece’s crisisOne tweet that busts the most pervasive myth about Greece’s crisis
    Politics

    This chart will probably surprise you.

    By Sarah Kliff