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Anna Edney

@annaedney.bsky.social

National health care reporter, Bloomberg News. Opinions are my own.

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Murray Carpenter@murray-journo.bsky.social · last wk.

Strong work by @annaedney.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com "In addition to the mold and filthy floors, inspectors noticed 'significant insect activity' in ceilings." In my book Caffeinated, I reported on similar problems at a synthetic caffeine plant in China. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Black mold, bugs found at Chinese plants making GLP-1 compounding agents

Drug compounders make copies of hugely popular weight-loss drugs. But inspections at two Chinese plants supplying key components found disturbing situations.

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Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · 2w ago

On this week's #WTHealth pod: @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, and @paigecunningham.bsky.social on health and the midterms, more Medicaid cuts, and that FDA study of the abortion pill. kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...

Midterm Madness - KFF Health News

A new KFF poll suggests that health costs are still a top concern for voters and that Democrats have the edge over Republicans on the issue. And in an apparent attempt to close the gap, President Dona...

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Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @annaedney.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, and Maya Goldman on Trump's vaccine announcement, food additive rules, and still more on Medicaid. Plus the latest #BilloftheMonth. kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...

Trump’s Vaccine Agenda - KFF Health News

President Trump is trying to unilaterally change the number and schedule of childhood vaccines in the U.S., though it remains unclear how much of an impact his orders will have. Anna Edney of Bloomber...

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When you think you're getting skincare from a great brand but it's actually made in an industrial park in Louisiana, near a National Tire Wholesale and a Safelite AutoGlass... and it's contaminated with high levels of cancer-causing benzene to boot www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Popular Acne Creams Far Exceeded Limits on Cancer-Causing Benzene Levels

The amount of benzene was up to 15 times accepted limits, topping levels in other personal-care items, previously unreleased test results show.

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Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Does MAHA have as much political clout as its leaders claim? We're about to find out in Louisiana, where the movement isn't making a big financial impact or putting health and environmental issues front and center in the high-stakes Senate primary. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Set on ousting Cassidy, MAHA faces first midterms test

Movement leaders' efforts to sway the midterms, starting with defeating Sen. Bill Cassidy, will help determine whether MAHA outlasts Trump

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hormone therapy is making a $6 billion comeback after U.S. health officials nixed safety warnings that kept women from much-needed menopause and perimenopause treatments for two decades

Chart shows estradiol prescriptions in the US going from 16.6 million in 2016 to 31.7 million in 2025
Rachana Pradhan@rachanadpradhan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official. New from me @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability To Kill Cancer Cells’ - KFF Health News

At a January event organized by allies of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Cancer Institute Director Anthony Letai said results may be released “in a few months.” Ivermectin, used to d...

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Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

On this week's #WTHealth podcast: HHS gets funded, but will RFK Jr. follow Congress's priorities or his own? Plus ACA negotiations break down, again. With @annaedney.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, and @joannekenen.bsky.social. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

HHS Gets Funding, But How Will Trump Spend It? - KFF Health News

Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed — the annual spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. But it’s unclear whether the administration will spend the money as Con...

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

US health officials plan to test infant formula ingredients used in a wide variety of brands to see whether contamination that causes botulism is a greater risk than previously thought, Kyle Diamantas, FDA's deputy commissioner for human foods, told me www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Will Test Infant Formula to See If Botulism Is a Wider Risk

US health officials plan to test certain dairy-based ingredients used in a wide variety of baby formulas for spores that can cause infant botulism, in the wake of the ByHeart recall last year that was...

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

High-profile baby formula recalls rocking companies in Europe and the US have exposed a weakness in an industry that has been increasingly trying to fashion itself as more and more like breast milk: The more sophisticated it becomes, the harder it is to keep safe www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Babies Are Getting Sick From Formula That Mimics Mother’s Milk

A widening recall shows that as the infant food gets more nutritionally complex, the systems designed to keep it safe are struggling to keep pace.

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Jessica Nix@jessicanix.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Exclusive with @annaedney.bsky.social ! Four democratic senators sent a letter to RFK Jr. demanding answers for his changes to vaccine court and outlining ways he and his allies have the potential to benefit. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Senators Bash RFK Jr. on Changes to Vaccine Injury Committee

Four Senate Democrats are pushing US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to detail his plans for revamping how the federal government compensates people who are harmed by vaccine...

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Scoop with @jessicanix.bsky.social Health officials found spores that can cause infant botulism at a supplier for formula-maker ByHeart as part of their investigation into an outbreak that sickened dozens of babies, according to a document viewed by Bloomberg. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Infant Botulism Linked to ByHeart Formula Ingredient Supplier

Health officials found spores that can cause infant botulism at a supplier for formula-maker ByHeart Inc. as part of their investigation into an outbreak that sickened dozens of babies in the US, acco...

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Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · 10mo ago

our first #WTHealth podcast of 2026 now up! @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social join me to break down the latest on the ACA fight, changes to the vaccine schedule and food pyramid, and more. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

New Year, Same Health Fight - KFF Health News

Congress returned from its break facing a familiar question: whether to extend the expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that expired at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Rob...

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Lauren Weber@laurenweberhp.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"While children in California, which does not allow for nonmedical vaccine exemptions, are vaccinated against measles at 96 percent, there is not a single county in Idaho, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah or Wisconsin whose kindergarten rates meet herd immunity protection."

Caitlin Gilbert@caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 10mo ago

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Target & Walmart received warnings from the FDA after regulators found recalled ByHeart formula on store shelves. Target even had ByHeart formula on sale for $2 off more than a week after all of the formula was recalled for being linked to a baby botulism outbreak www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Target, Walmart Get FDA Warning for Selling Recalled Baby Formula

Target Corp., Walmart Inc. and other large grocery chains were warned by US regulators for continuing to offer ByHeart infant formula for sale that’s been recalled because it’s potentially contaminate...

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 11mo ago

California is investigating 6 cases if infant botulism that occurred before the current outbreak linked to ByHeart The CA Dept of Public Health told me it first tested a can of ByHeart in the spring. It didn't find contamination but it can be hard to detect www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

California Probing Baby Botulism Cases Prior to Current Outbreak

The California Department of Public Health is investigating six additional cases of botulism in the state in infants who were given ByHeart formula before the start of the current outbreak in August, ...

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If China can restrict rare earth minerals, can it also restrict our drug supply? It's hard to predict but the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission reports today that the consequences could mean lost lives and rationed care in the US. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China’s Grip on American Medicine Cabinets Grows More Entrenched

A US congressional commission is ringing alarm bells about China’s growing dominance over America’s drug supply, saying it is putting the country’s health in the hands of an adversarial nation.

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 12mo ago

ByHeart is recalling all of its infant formula after 15 babies who drank it came down with botulism. ByHeart is a very small company and this shouldn't create shortages but it certainly is scary for parents www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ByHeart Infant Formula Recall Expands After 15 Babies Sickened

US regulators are urging parents to stop using all ByHeart infant formula products after more than a dozen babies became seriously ill, setting off a recall of all the company’s products.

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Anna Edney@annaedney.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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 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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Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · last yr.

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. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

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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Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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.

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Lena Sun@lenasun.bsky.social · last yr.

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 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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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