Anna Edney
@annaedney.bsky.social
National health care reporter, Bloomberg News. Opinions are my own.
Just in time for the holidays
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
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"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
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Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Just in time for the holidays
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
(Scoop from @ikeswetlitz.bsky.social ) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
(Scoop from @ikeswetlitz.bsky.social ) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Great story from Rebecca Robbins highlighting how the generic drug industry is left behind in Trump's proclamations about bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the US www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/h...
This Closed Factory Shows How Hard Reviving Drug Manufacturing Will Be
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November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great story from Rebecca Robbins highlighting how the generic drug industry is left behind in Trump's proclamations about bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the US www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/h...
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new #WTHealth up! @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social and I on shutdown latest, another Rx deal for Trump, and layoffs at HHS. Plus @louisenorris.bsky.social on Medicare Open Enrollment for 2026.
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Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown - KFF Health News
Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking advantage of t...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
new #WTHealth up! @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social and I on shutdown latest, another Rx deal for Trump, and layoffs at HHS. Plus @louisenorris.bsky.social on Medicare Open Enrollment for 2026.
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The administration's new immigrant visa rules are set to hit hospitals in 3 states hardest. All 3 voted for Trump. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump's new $100K visa fee could pummel red state hospitals
Rural areas that overwhelmingly voted for the president employ a high concentration of doctors on H-1B visas.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The administration's new immigrant visa rules are set to hit hospitals in 3 states hardest. All 3 voted for Trump. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts www.popsci.com/environment/...
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts www.popsci.com/environment/...
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New: inside Trump’s “very important” autism announcement for Monday
— new warnings on tylenol’s risk for pregnant women
— new endorsement of leucovorin’s potential as autism treatment
— new NIH data science initiatives underway
— new warnings on tylenol’s risk for pregnant women
— new endorsement of leucovorin’s potential as autism treatment
— new NIH data science initiatives underway
Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say
The Trump administration plans to tie Tylenol to autism risk while touting another drug, leucovorin, as a potential autism treatment.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
New: inside Trump’s “very important” autism announcement for Monday
— new warnings on tylenol’s risk for pregnant women
— new endorsement of leucovorin’s potential as autism treatment
— new NIH data science initiatives underway
— new warnings on tylenol’s risk for pregnant women
— new endorsement of leucovorin’s potential as autism treatment
— new NIH data science initiatives underway
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SCOOP: Trump health officials plan to link covid vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots, per sources. W @rachelroubein.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social
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Trump officials to link child deaths to covid shots, alarming career scientists
The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
SCOOP: Trump health officials plan to link covid vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots, per sources. W @rachelroubein.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social
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SCOOP: The CDC intends to fund a study on the links between vaccines and autism, a disproven theory. More here for @bloomberg.com :
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CDC Intends to Fund Investigation Into Vaccines and Autism
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to fund a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute study examining links between vaccines and autism — a widely debunked theory that Health and Human ...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
SCOOP: The CDC intends to fund a study on the links between vaccines and autism, a disproven theory. More here for @bloomberg.com :
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new #WTHealth podcast up! Join me, @annaedney.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, and @laurenweberhp.bsky.social to discuss the latest health budget news, the MAHA report, and banning drug ads on TV?
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Countdown to Government Shutdown - KFF Health News
With less than three weeks before the deadline to pass legislation to keep the federal government running, lawmakers are still far apart on a strategy. Democrats hope Republicans will agree to extend ...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
new #WTHealth podcast up! Join me, @annaedney.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, and @laurenweberhp.bsky.social to discuss the latest health budget news, the MAHA report, and banning drug ads on TV?
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Seems like some celebrity chefs would rather sacrifice everyone's health than learn to cook differently (or lose revenue on the environmentally harmful crap they sell). Manufacturing with forever chemicals is widely harmful to so many communities.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
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States Want to Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware. These Chefs Say Don’t Do It.
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Seems like some celebrity chefs would rather sacrifice everyone's health than learn to cook differently (or lose revenue on the environmentally harmful crap they sell). Manufacturing with forever chemicals is widely harmful to so many communities.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
My daughter (5 years old) yesterday: "It's great we have newspapers now and don't have to get news off our phones."
I've been making a point to read the physical paper at breakfast since she was tiny so she sees it and internalizes it. Subscribe, the kids notice!
I've been making a point to read the physical paper at breakfast since she was tiny so she sees it and internalizes it. Subscribe, the kids notice!
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My daughter (5 years old) yesterday: "It's great we have newspapers now and don't have to get news off our phones."
I've been making a point to read the physical paper at breakfast since she was tiny so she sees it and internalizes it. Subscribe, the kids notice!
I've been making a point to read the physical paper at breakfast since she was tiny so she sees it and internalizes it. Subscribe, the kids notice!
This is an impressive list @statnews.com -- full of impactful journalism worth revisiting
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10 times STAT coverage reverberated through health and medicine
In its first decade, STAT has led the way in charting seismic events in health and medicine. To mark our 10-year anniversary, take a look back at 10 of our most impactful stories.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is an impressive list @statnews.com -- full of impactful journalism worth revisiting
www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/s...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/s...
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SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
In my @bloomberg.com Big Take out today I explored how Hologic pushed a medical device on breast cancer patients despite hundreds of complaints, most of which stayed buried until now
September 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In my @bloomberg.com Big Take out today I explored how Hologic pushed a medical device on breast cancer patients despite hundreds of complaints, most of which stayed buried until now
A small medical device was supposed to transform breast cancer care. The FDA approved it without clinical trials or even sufficient proof it would work.
Then, when complaints from women tormented by the device began flowing in, they were hidden for years…until now
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Then, when complaints from women tormented by the device began flowing in, they were hidden for years…until now
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Pus, Pain and Infections: A Faulty Implant Tormented Cancer Patients for Years
BioZorb was marketed to help breast cancer patients, but the company behind it kept complaints from regulators and the public.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A small medical device was supposed to transform breast cancer care. The FDA approved it without clinical trials or even sufficient proof it would work.
Then, when complaints from women tormented by the device began flowing in, they were hidden for years…until now
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Then, when complaints from women tormented by the device began flowing in, they were hidden for years…until now
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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NEW: Defying RFK Jr., pediatric group urges covid shots for young kids. The AAP is recommending that all children ages 6 months through 23 months receive a coronavirus vaccine to help protect against serious illness. My story.
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Defying RFK Jr., pediatric group urges covid shots for young kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all children ages 6 months to 23 months old receive a coronavirus vaccine as federal officials move to roll back recommendations.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW: Defying RFK Jr., pediatric group urges covid shots for young kids. The AAP is recommending that all children ages 6 months through 23 months receive a coronavirus vaccine to help protect against serious illness. My story.
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So many of these food company announcements on artificial dyes are not all they're cracked up to be. Thankfully, my colleague @deenashanker.bsky.social is on top of it.
I really love the "line extensions as a form of political appeasement" idea 😂
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I really love the "line extensions as a form of political appeasement" idea 😂
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Natural M&M’s and Skittles Add to the Sugar Glut
Mars said it will make new, naturally hued candies—but the artificially colored ones will stay on the market, too.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So many of these food company announcements on artificial dyes are not all they're cracked up to be. Thankfully, my colleague @deenashanker.bsky.social is on top of it.
I really love the "line extensions as a form of political appeasement" idea 😂
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I really love the "line extensions as a form of political appeasement" idea 😂
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Costco decided not to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone at its more than 500 pharmacy locations, a decision hailed by a group of faith-based activists. Now, they are eyeing CVS and Walgreens. From me and Jeff Green for @business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Costco Forgoes Sale of Abortion Pill, Emboldening Religious Groups
A coalition of faith-based activists had pressured the retailer to not offer the abortion pill mifepristone in its pharmacy locations. The group now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Costco decided not to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone at its more than 500 pharmacy locations, a decision hailed by a group of faith-based activists. Now, they are eyeing CVS and Walgreens. From me and Jeff Green for @business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...
Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits
A STAT Investigation: Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...
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NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
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August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
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"Halfway through 2025, the US’s total annual measles cases have reached a level not seen in more than three decades."
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US Measles Cases Climb to Highest Level in Three Decades
Halfway through 2025, the US’s total annual measles cases have reached a level not seen in more than three decades.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Halfway through 2025, the US’s total annual measles cases have reached a level not seen in more than three decades."
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If you’re worried about PFAS in our food system Northwestern University has some good news:
#PFAS #ResearchMatters #NorthwesternU
#PFAS #ResearchMatters #NorthwesternU
PFAS could be replaced with safe graphene oxide solution
New non-toxic material is water- and oil-resistant, sustainable and affordable
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June 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If you’re worried about PFAS in our food system Northwestern University has some good news:
#PFAS #ResearchMatters #NorthwesternU
#PFAS #ResearchMatters #NorthwesternU
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Generic cancer drugs used around the world fail quality tests, investigation shows: Chemotherapy with too little or too much active ingredient puts patients at risk. www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/g... via @statnews.com
Generic cancer drugs used around the world fail quality tests, investigation shows
Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, putting cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk
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June 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Generic cancer drugs used around the world fail quality tests, investigation shows: Chemotherapy with too little or too much active ingredient puts patients at risk. www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/g... via @statnews.com
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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There was a lot of health policy news this week, too! Catch up with #WTHealth podcast. This week featuring @joannekenen.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, and @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social, plus a chat with Doug Holtz-Eakin all about CBO!
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RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t - KFF Health News
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines s...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There was a lot of health policy news this week, too! Catch up with #WTHealth podcast. This week featuring @joannekenen.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, and @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social, plus a chat with Doug Holtz-Eakin all about CBO!
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