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Sarah Elizabeth Richards

Sarah Elizabeth Richards is a San Diego-based health and science journalist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine. She is the author of Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It.

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When a Treatment Costs $450,000 or More, It Had Better Work

Some biotech companies are offering a new way to soften the shock of drug prices: Insurers pay only if the patient improves.
- Sarah Elizabeth Richards
- April 22, 2019
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Can Genetic Counselors Keep Up With 23andMe?

The rise of spit kits is leaving consumers with lots of data and few answers. Genetic counselors could help people understand these results, but there aren’t enough of them to go around.
- Sarah Elizabeth Richards
- May 22, 2018
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Growing Cheaper Embryos for IVF Inside the Vagina

A new vaginal incubator is half the price of traditional IVF and could be more acceptable to Catholics. Will it revolutionize access to fertility medicine?
- Sarah Elizabeth Richards
- July 12, 2017
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How Fear of Deportation Puts Stress on Families

The specter of being removed from the United States has devastating effects on the health of undocumented immigrants and their loved ones.
- Sarah Elizabeth Richards
- March 22, 2017

Sarah Elizabeth Richards

When a Treatment Costs $450,000 or More, It Had Better Work

Can Genetic Counselors Keep Up With 23andMe?

Growing Cheaper Embryos for IVF Inside the Vagina

How Fear of Deportation Puts Stress on Families