Dani Blum is a Health Reporter at The Times. Since joining the publication in 2019, she has focused on critical health topics, including Covid-19 and the pharmaceutical landscape surrounding medications like Ozempic. Dani's work has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Times, Boston.com, and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Dani Blum’s coverage focuses heavily on healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and lifestyle topics. She frequently cites data in her articles, indicating a preference for evidence-based insights. Pitches should aim to offer credible research or expert opinions supported by data.
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While Dani's geographic focus is national (United States), she covers a broad range of health-related topics which are not specific to any particular region within the US.
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By: Alice Callahan, Dani Blum
The Trump administration proposed a new rule Monday that would require food companies to tell the government when they are adding new ingredients to their products, moving to close a longstanding loophole decried by food safety experts as a major weakness in the regulation of the nation's food supply.
By: Maggie Astor, Dani Blum, Apoorva Mandavilli
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for scaling back the number of vaccinations American children receive. At an Oval Office event announcing the order, Trump suggested falsely that vaccines were linked to autism and that the combined measles, mumps and rubella shot could be lethal, among other claims.
By: Maggie Astor, Dani Blum, Apoorva Mandavilli
By: Dani Blum, Apoorva Mandavilli, Maggie Astor
The US president’s executive order calling for scaling back the number of vaccinations American children receive may not have any legal power, but it normalises misinformation about vaccines.
By: Dani Blum, Teddy Rosenbluth, Maggie Astor
The executive order was the administration's latest attempt to change the country's childhood vaccine schedule. In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tried to make the same changes, but a court blocked them,
By: Apoorva Mandavilli, Maggie Astor, Dani Blum
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for scaling back the number of vaccinations American children receive.
New data on exemptions from state vaccine mandates for schoolchildren come a week after President Trump signed an executive order calling to scale back childhood shots.
By: Francesca Paris, Teddy Rosenbluth, Dani Blum
At a time when measles and other potentially deadly diseases are spreading, more American children are receiving exemptions allowing them to attend
Doctors are hopeful for a quieter fall and winter than in 2025.
After the unpredictability of last year's flu season, when a new variant of the virus spread widely and rapidly, infectious disease experts are hoping for a tamer fall and winter this year.
