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No, mpox isn’t bringing a ‘second lockdown’

No, mpox isn’t bringing a ‘second lockdown’

Legal MDMA therapy hits a speed bump

Legal MDMA therapy hits a speed bump

The FDA just rejected an application of psychedelic therapy for PTSD. But MDMA’s time may well come soon.

In South Africa, Long Covid is an afterthought to Tuberculosis

In South Africa, Long Covid is an afterthought to Tuberculosis

This story was produced by writer Ray Mwareya and our friends at The Sick Times Tuberculosis (TB) and Long Covid are two diseases that have some overlapping symptoms. The two are often mistaken for each other in South Africa. Long Covid is poorly understood and acknowledged in South Africa, and

painting of woolly mammoth in snowy landscape

The drugs of the future are in the animals of the past

The genomes of extinct creatures like mammoths and giant sloths code for natural antibiotics we’ve never seen. So, now what?

I’ll say it. I’m concerned about bird flu.

I’ll say it. I’m concerned about bird flu.

I think I’ve seen this film before…

The insides of a prison cell, with a single a barred window

The public health crisis brewing behind bars

Incarceration leaves long-term impacts on an inmate's health. The staggering rates of incarceration transform those consequences into an epidemic.