Aneri Pattani

@aneripattani

Reporter @KFFHealthNews covering mental health & substance use. Teaching safe suicide reporting. Dessert lover & permanent dance student. Tips: [email protected]

Washington, DC

Joined July 2013

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Aneri Pattani@aneripattani · Jul 16

Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight, reports @BrianMannADK @NPR. These are OD2A funds for addiction policy wonks out there.

BBrian Mann@BrianMannADK · Jul 16

My latest for NPR npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-…

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Aneri Pattani@aneripattani · Jul 8

More construction workers die by suicide than die by work-related injuries. A little known federal agency was leading research and programs to address the crisis. Now, most of its staff has been cut. My latest for @kffhealthnews & @cbsnews kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

aneripattani's tweet card. Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers are in jeopardy after the firing of hundreds of employees at the National...

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Aneri Pattani@aneripattani · Jul 8

There's very little oversight on how local govts nationwide are spending billions in opioid settlement money. This newly released report from @NJComptroller is a rare exception. The office found @TownofIrvington "wasted" $600k+ on "awareness concerts." nj.gov/comptroller/re…

KKevin Walsh@NJComptroller · Jul 8

🚨 BREAKING: Without consulting health experts, public safety officials, or residents, Irvington leaders blew through $632,000 in #opioid settlement funds by holding two “awareness” concerts, an OSC investigation finds. nj.gov/comptroller/ne… 1/

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Aneri Pattani@aneripattani · Jul 8

“Workplace mental health is one of the most underappreciated yet critical areas we could intervene on,” said a former NIOSH worker. “We were just starting to get some strong support from all the players involved...This administration has blown that apart.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

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Aneri Pattani@aneripattani · Jul 3

Great reporting out of West Virginia - by great student journalists - about where opioid settlement money is going in a state that's long been considered the epicenter of the opioid and overdose crisis.

1100 Days in Appalachia@Appalachia100 · Jul 1

As millions in opioid settlement funds reach West Virginia, counties are making high-stakes choices about how to spend them. 'The Price of Recovery' series explores the tension between political priorities, financial pressures and community needs. buff.ly/h8MWTLj

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Aneri Pattani@aneripattani · Jun 19

I was honored to join @nabarund & Keli McLoyd on @1a this week to discuss what's behind the recent decline in overdose deaths, how federal cuts are affecting addiction services & the latest news on opioid settlements, including Purdue Pharma: the1a.org/segments/why-a…

aneripattani's tweet card. Drop in drug overdose deaths comes as the Trump Administration cancels more than $11 billion dollars in grants funding mental health and addiction programs.

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