Does Biden’s Drug Czar Pick Have What It Takes to Take on the Overdose Crisis?
John Raby/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, President Biden nominated Dr. Rahul Gupta, who led the response to West Virginia’s devastating overdose crisis, to direct the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The nomination comes amidst news that overdose deaths…
Is Trans Telehealth the Future—or Just a Cash Grab?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.By August, Felicity Giles knew it was time. Her happiness was long overdue. The 36-year-old trucker changed her name, adopted the middle name Saoirse—freedom in Gaelic—and started looking into transitioning medically. “It was an attempt to break…
Telehealth Should Be Here to Stay
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Since the arrival of COVID-19, our lives have shifted in ways big and small. Most likely, the pandemic will not end with a bang—we’ll be dealing with…
Is This Peter Thiel–Backed Startup Trying to Monopolize the Astral Plane?
Mother Jones illustration; Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic” mushrooms, is finally poised to go mainstream after decades confined to the underground by the war on drugs. But…
Why Americans Pay Through the Nose for Brand-Name Drugs
Big Pharma CEOS testify before the Senate Finance Committee in February 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Riti Krishtel’s…
The Indiana County Known for Its Historic HIV Outbreak Just Voted to Shut Down Its Needle Exchange
The entrance to the syringe exchange in Austin, IndianaTyler Stewart/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Among public health experts, Scott County, Indiana is a case study in how syringe exchange programs can transform a community. In…