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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alexandra Sifferlin ## Alexandra Sifferlin ## Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jan 3, 2019 ### [Thousands of Women Are Born Without a Uterus. A New Procedure Offers Them Hope](https://time.com/5492635/uterus-transplant-baby/) The first U.S. baby born via uterus transplant just turned one. Here's what his life is like now [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Aug 23, 2018 ### [People Are Now Taking Placebo Pills to Deal With Their Health Problems—And It's Working](https://time.com/5375724/placebo-bill-health-problems/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Aug 15, 2018 ### [Can an App Prevent Pregnancy?](https://time.com/5365564/fertility-apps-contraception/) The F.D.A. recently approved a fertility-tracking app for marketing as a contraceptive for the first... *  Jul 27, 2018 ### [What the Netflix Documentary ‘Bleeding Edge’ Gets Right About the Dangers of Medical Devices in America](https://time.com/5346330/what-the-netflix-documentary-bleeding-edge-gets-right-about-the-dangers-of-medical-devices-in-america/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jul 24, 2018 ### [The World Health Organization Just Declared the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Is Over](https://time.com/5347103/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-over/) But a new finding underscores the need to continue following and monitoring survivors of the disease [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jul 23, 2018 ### [How One Mother Fights the Stigma Against Breastfeeding with Her Photography](https://time.com/5343377/breastfeeding-stigma-debate/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 23, 2018 ### [The 10 Best and Worst Oils For Your Health](https://time.com/5342337/best-worst-cooking-oils-for-your-health/) From olive oil to avocado oil—find out which oils you should be cooking with. [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jul 18, 2018 ### [More Women Are Having Heart Attacks During Pregnancy and Birth](https://time.com/5341209/women-heart-attacks-pregnancy-childbirth/) Part of the increase may be due to the rising age of mothers [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jul 2, 2018 ### [How a Drug For Pets May Help Prevent Zika and Malaria](https://time.com/5325775/zika-malaria-pet-medicine/) It could halt the spread of some mosquito-borne diseases [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 21, 2018 ### [There’s Hope for a Vaccine to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes](https://time.com/5318733/vaccine-type-1-diabetes/) The new study is small but promising [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 21, 2018 ### [Scientists Are Using a New Weapon to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria—Viruses](https://time.com/5316516/phage-therapy-virus-san-diego/) Phage therapy uses viruses against hard-to-treat infections [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 19, 2018 ### [How Marriage Can Actually Protect Your Heart Health](https://time.com/5316210/marriage-protect-heart-health/) Married people have a lower risk of heart disease [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 19, 2018 ### [11 Best Foods For Your Immune System](https://time.com/5313656/best-foods-for-immune-system/) These foods can fight infection and strengthen your immune response [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 18, 2018 ### [A Third of Children Use Dietary Supplements. Here’s Why Researchers Say That’s Concerning](https://time.com/5314810/children-dietary-supplements/) According to a new report [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 12, 2018 ### [Here's How Many Young People Are Seeing Unwanted Sexual Content Online](https://time.com/5308162/unwanted-online-sex-content/) The problem is fairly common [HEALTH](/section/health/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"},"name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```