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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    This drug costs $84,000, and there’s nothing the US health-care system can do to stop it
    Features

    How the Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi explains health spending in America.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Obama’s plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it’s saved 50,000 livesObama’s plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it’s saved 50,000 lives
    Health Care

    A new federal report shows that improvements in hospital care saved 50,000 lives between 2010 and 2013, all by doing better at not making patients sick.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Great news: fewer Americans are smoking than ever beforeGreat news: fewer Americans are smoking than ever before
    Health Care

    The smoking rate fell from 20.9 percent in 2005 to 17.8 percent in 2013.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Technology
    Map: What people in your state tend to be grateful for in one mapMap: What people in your state tend to be grateful for in one map
    Technology

    Oregonians are especially grateful for yoga while New Yorkers just love their apartments.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Nancy Pelosi gives delicious and terrible diet adviceNancy Pelosi gives delicious and terrible diet advice
    Health Care

    Her family mousse looks delicious, and has 5,333 calories.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    The New Yorker takes on the racial divide in Ferguson with this brilliant coverThe New Yorker takes on the racial divide in Ferguson with this brilliant cover
    archives

    “I wanted to comment on the tragic rift that we’re witnessing,” the illustrator writes.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Healthcare.gov signed up 462,125 customers in first weekHealthcare.gov signed up 462,125 customers in first week
    Health Care

    48 percent of those consumers were new customers who had not purchased coverage through the marketplace in 2015

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    The case against Tofurky surprisesThe case against Tofurky surprises
    archives

    Tofurky is a fake meat product that attempts to imitate a real meat product that people don’t really enjoy much anyway.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Criminal Justice
    Justice Department says it will keep investigating Michael Brown’s deathJustice Department says it will keep investigating Michael Brown’s death
    Criminal Justice

    The Obama administration will continue investigating the death of black teenager Michael Brown, attorney general Eric Holder said in a statement late Monday.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Police Violence
    40 Twitter accounts to follow on the ground in Ferguson40 Twitter accounts to follow on the ground in Ferguson
    Police Violence

    A list of mostly reporters providing live updates from Ferguson, Mo.

    By Sarah Kliff