What the heck is going on at FDA? My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

What the heck is going on at FDA? My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

Meanwhile: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Last spring, a psychologist who studies kids & social media told me she'd moved past worrying about screen time & snapchat-- generative AI, including these bots, dominated her concerns about kids' development. My earlier column: (🎁 link):

Another tragedy. My god.

To Gen Z, vapes have long been the villain. They never experienced the graphic anti-smoking ads of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Instead, cigs tick the nostalgia box for them. How can we avoid a slide back? Read my take with @lisamjarvis.bsky.social & @taylortyson.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Yesterday's deal to lower the price of popular obesity meds Zepbound and Wegovy (and open up access in Medicare) is a step towards more affordable access--how big of a step is TBD. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

“I really don’t care. Do u?”

Another tragedy. My god.

🧵Not a day goes by where I don't see a cigarette on my social feeds. They're at birthday parties, celebrity weddings and even in ... cakes (see pic). Is Gen Z being influenced by these romanticized images? Let's find out ➡️ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Have celebrities inadvertently created an opening for the Marlboro Man to strut into the lives of Gen Z and younger generations? @lisamjarvis.bsky.social and @jesskarl.bsky.social explore the sneaky rise of cigarettes ⬇️

This morning. At a daycare. Across the street from the largest high school in Chicago.

“I saw dozens of parents and educators weeping, hugging each other, consoling one another. Children who are crying as well who thankfully are too young to understand the whole gravity of what happened this morning,” @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social said.

new: federal agents have targeted rideshare drivers at o'hare on at least ten separate days since october 10. in some cases, agents returned to abduct drivers multiple times in a single day, taking as many as ten to 20 people each time. via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:

“I saw dozens of parents and educators weeping, hugging each other, consoling one another. Children who are crying as well who thankfully are too young to understand the whole gravity of what happened this morning,” @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social said.

This morning. At a daycare. Across the street from the largest high school in Chicago.

Wednesday's WOW! This morning's spectacular panorama sunrise over Chicago.

Whelp, that was fast. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...

Re-upping this today as texts filter in today w/multiple stories of ICE trying to detain people outside CPS schools.

What does all this chaos at FDA mean for biotech and for patients? @matthewherper.bsky.social and I talked to experts, and have more on the drama between the drug and biologics center leaders — "We now have FDA "Mean Girls" burn books out in the open," a source said. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...

Is this the end of chocolate as you know it? @lararhiannon.bsky.social went to an Amsterdam lab to find out: bloom.bg/4hI1Fqj

Heartbreaking and infuriating.

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My husband voluntarily and without prompting signed up to get a flu shot, which is frankly nothing short of miraculous. I'd like to think it's cause he read my piece from last month, but he told me it was bc he kept getting text reminders from Walgreens. I'll take it!

NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...

Experts warn this aggressive approach will likely fuel greater abuses of civil and human rights, heighten public anger and lead to more warrantless arrests, straying far from the previous stated focus on “the worst of the worst.” “Spectacle, not security.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...

That it takes not one, but two judges to state the obvious — that the Trump administration can indeed release billions of dollars for SNAP so people don’t go hungry, but is choosing not to do so — is just such an indictment of the Republicans who are leading America. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Noting that there are 2 elementary schools and a middle school a block from where this happened.

Federal agents fired pepper balls after detaining two people in Albany Park Friday morning as the immigration blitz in Chicago continued through Halloween. “It’s actually horrifying. ... It happens so fast. You prepare, but then you don’t know what to do.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Chicago police clear the street after federal officers were confronted by a crowd in Albany Park while making a detainment on Lawrence

There are two different KFF numbers about the ACA out there. Both are accurate, but mean different things. 114%: The average increase in out-of-pocket premiums if enhanced tax credits expire. 26%: The average increase in what insurers are charging for benchmark ACA plans.

If ever there was a time to slow down & carefully consider the options in front of you during open enrollment, it's this year. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com on the rising price of health benefits for people who get their coverage through their jobs (gift link):

Going to re-up this on the off chance that anyone besides me could use a tiny fragment of good news today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/h...

If ever there was a time to slow down & carefully consider the options in front of you during open enrollment, it's this year. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com on the rising price of health benefits for people who get their coverage through their jobs (gift link):

Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic? 🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...

good grief.

Happy to see some coverage of what I'm seeing here in Chicago: neighbors of all walks of life coming together to support each other in whatever way is needed.

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

Judge rules ICE illegally detained Chicago father whose daughter is battling cancer. Ruben Torres could be freed to be with his family by Halloween www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/i...

Federal agents tear gassed the Irving Park neighborhood at Kildare and Waveland, sources including the local alder tell the @chicagotribune.com This is at least the sixth neighborhood tear-gassed by agents as Judge Ellis schedules Border Patrol Chief Bovino to come testify next week

About that protein powder study making headlines... My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

Happy to see some coverage of what I'm seeing here in Chicago: neighbors of all walks of life coming together to support each other in whatever way is needed.

yes THANK YOU

About that protein powder study making headlines... My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

Oof, this is devastating.

New CBO estimate finds changes made to Medicare's price negotiation powers under Trump's Big Beautiful Bill will cost ~$8.8B. My earlier @opinion.bloomberg.com column about that quiet change & why it's important to look at the totality of his actions amid his hyped dealmaking w/pharma (🎁 link):

Heartbreaking.

New CBO estimate finds changes made to Medicare's price negotiation powers under Trump's Big Beautiful Bill will cost ~$8.8B. My earlier @opinion.bloomberg.com column about that quiet change & why it's important to look at the totality of his actions amid his hyped dealmaking w/pharma (🎁 link):

When is the point of no return for extending ACA tax credits? They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date. Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.

The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight. @blockclubchi.bsky.social