During the pandemic, many doctors and nurses struggled with their mental health. A new study from UW Medicine turned to psilocybin as a potential antidote to Covid despair. Dr. Anthony Back led the study, and talked with Patricia Murphy about what he found.

Watch UW Professor David Baker accept his Nobel Prize at 10 am Tuesday, here

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