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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Life
    The science of actually keeping your New Year’s resolutionsThe science of actually keeping your New Year’s resolutions
    Life

    By June, six months into the New Year, only 40 percent of those who make a New Year’s resolution are still sticking with the goal.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Report: CDC may have exposed a lab worker to EbolaReport: CDC may have exposed a lab worker to Ebola
    Politics

    The mistake is one of multiple errors the CDC has made this year, including dozens of workers accidentally exposed to anthrax.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    US lifts ban on gay men donating blood — as long as they don’t have sex with other menUS lifts ban on gay men donating blood — as long as they don’t have sex with other men
    Politics

    The new policy will allow men who have sex with men to donate, but only if they abstain from sex for one year.

    By Sarah Kliff and Julia Belluz
    Politics
    Healthcare.gov hits 6.4 million enrollees for plans beginning in JanuaryHealthcare.gov hits 6.4 million enrollees for plans beginning in January
    Politics

    Seventy percent of the consumers are people renewing policies they bought in 2014, and the other 30 percent are new customers.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    The $84,000 Hepatitis C drug made a drug company rich. But now it might be backfiring.The $84,000 Hepatitis C drug made a drug company rich. But now it might be backfiring.
    Politics

    A new competitor means that Gilead could face fierce fire for its $1,000 per pill treatment.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Obamacare has not killed health insurance at work, survey findsObamacare has not killed health insurance at work, survey finds
    Politics

    Employers did not drop health insurance during the first year of Obamacare

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Big Hummus wants the government to regulate your hummusBig Hummus wants the government to regulate your hummus
    archives

    There is a scourge of hummus impostors making their way into American grocery store shelves — a problem that a major hummus manufacturer thinks requires the heavy hand of government regulation.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    After years of effort, Vermont gov. reportedly gives up pursuing single-payer health careAfter years of effort, Vermont gov. reportedly gives up pursuing single-payer health care
    Politics

    Gov. Peter Shumlin told reporters Wednesday the “time is not right” to move forward.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Today’s teens are the best-behaved on recordToday’s teens are the best-behaved on record
    archives

    They smoke less, drink less and get pregnant less the generations of teens before them.

    By Sarah Kliff