Olivia Goldhill

Psychedelics
A millionaire couple is threatening to create a magic mushroom monopoly
Psychedelic therapy has a sexual abuse problem
After MDMA therapy, she considered suicide. The trial data tell a different story
The inside story of how Lykos’ MDMA research went awry
MDMA evangelist struggles with his ideals as psychedelics go pharma
A psychedelic therapist allegedly took millions from a Holocaust survivor, highlighting worries about elder abuse
‘It’s not medical’: Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system
Scientists studying psychedelic mushrooms have to pay $7,000 per gram
Ketamine clinics’ bust shows the business challenges facing psychedelic therapy

Mental health and psychology
How a Zoloft marketing guru created the go-to test for spotting depression
30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the myth that chemical imbalances cause depression
The world is relying on a flawed psychological test to fight racism
The most scientific personality test gives out sexist results
Palestine’s head of mental health services says PTSD is a western concept
AI can spot the pain from a disease some doctors still think is fake
Machines know when someone’s about to attempt suicide. How should we use that information?

Philosophy
A moral philosopher questions his own ethics
Philosophy is the new battleground in South Africa’s fight against colonialism
Bill Nye, the science guy, says I changed his mind about philosophy
A neo-fascist philosophy underpins both the alt-right and Silicon Valley technophiles
What happened when philosophers set up a public booth to answer questions
Why is Bernard-Henri Lévy a public intellectual?
An ancient philosophy designed for Greek slaves has become a Silicon Valley life hack

Covid-19 pandemic
-Inequity
Vaccines intended for rural Black communities are instead going to wealthy white Floridians
When a hospital closed mid-pandemic, a rural Black community lost a lifeline
How the rich and privileged can skip the line for Covid-19 vaccines
The business interests behind vaccine trials work against people of color
Vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps
Rural hospitals can’t afford ultra-cold freezers to store the leading vaccine
-Vaccine rollout
Inside Pfizer’s labs, ‘variant hunters’ race to stay ahead of the pandemic’s next twist
’Naively ambitious’: How COVAX failed on its promise to vaccinate the world
A single Pfizer decision boosted company profits while making Covid vaccine rollout more difficult
States are sitting on millions of surplus vaccines as expiration dates approach
Pfizer decision to turn off temperature sensors forced scramble to keep Covid-19 vaccines ultra-cold
We have enough Covid vaccines for most of the world. But rich countries are stockpiling more than they need for boosters
One in six vaccine doses were thrown away over labeling confusion
Inside the global race to defeat Covid-19

Health care/ scientific research
A cancer hospital refused to study an experimental drug so they could promote it as an exclusive treatment
Bioetch CEO placed on leave amid allegations of doctored research
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is investing billions in health care. Critics say it’s peddling cures for its own poison
‘This actually changes everything’: Altered image in 1999 paper raises potential peril for Stanford president
Mindpath seemed like a success story for private equity in mental health. Now, it’s a cautionary tale

Reproductive health
Cancun abortion clinic opens to serve Americans from restrictive states
Mexico’s activist ‘companion networks’ quietly provide abortion pills and support to U.S. women
‘We’re sick of watching women die’: In Michigan, doctors rally to protect abortion access
After Dobbs, U.S. medical students head abroad for abortion training no longer provided by their schools
Vague ‘medical emergency’ exceptions in abortion laws are putting pregnant people in danger
Fear of prosecution is forcing doctors to choose between protecting themselves or their patients
Period pain can be “almost as bad as a heart attack.” Why aren’t we researching how to treat it?

Sex and gender
Parents who refuse to call their newborns “girls” or “boys” are leading the gender revolution
E. Jean Carroll “loved” Trump’s response to her rape allegations
Polyamory is a quietly revolutionary political movement

Politics
British pollsters who didn’t see Brexit coming say the US should prepare for Trump to win in 2016
A ‘big data’ firm sells Cambridge Analytica’s methods to global politicians, documents show
Propaganda spread by data “bombs” pushed Brazil’s far-right president to power
Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories about why
A porn star turned politician on why the biggest porn stars are all in congress
President Bolsonaro’s congressman son spends his days with a gun-toting Trump figurine

The Daily Telegraph

Features
Holocaust survivors’ 70 years of trauma: ‘I could cry nonstop, even now’ (pdf)
Should we all go to technology addiction therapy?
Labelled as criminals: Sub-postmasters wrongfully sent to jail over computer failings

Series on sexual abuse at university
‘I was sexually assaulted by a fellow student, but my university did nothing’
One in three UK female students sexually assaulted or abused on campus
Ex student sues Oxford University over rape claim
MPs demand clearer policies to protect students

A few weeks after directly demanding business secretary Sajid Javid address the problem, the British government created a task force to address sexual violence on campus. As a result of this, decades-old legal guidance stating that universities could not investigate allegations of violence and should instead refer all reports to the police was finally repealed.