Before 2020, most people had probably never heard of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. But interest in this once obscure medication skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic amid unfounded claims it ...

When you visit the “COVID-19 Info” page on Austin Compounding Pharmacy’s website, it tells you in no uncertain terms that “taking Ivermectin once a week will decrease your risk of infection and reduce ...

Ivermectin has been falsely promoted as a covid treatment—but for those who use the drug legitimately, seeing it become a piece of anti-vaccine misinformation is disconcerting. By the time Joe Rogan ...

Social media posts have promoted the anti-parasitic drug for cancer and Covid. That has doctors alarmed. By Dani Blum At least once a week, someone asks Dr. Skyler Johnson if ivermectin can treat ...

An avalanche of misinformation about the antiparasitic drug ivermectin’s ability to treat COVID-19 has caused a series of national problems, from increased calls to poisoning centers to a shortage of ...

Don’t take ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasitic infections, to prevent or treat COVID-19, health officials warn. For months, ivermectin has become touted by people opposed to the COVID-19 ...

Andrew Hill knows first-hand what it's like to bring a breakthrough drug to fruition. The pharmacology researcher at the University of Liverpool in the U.K. helped develop antiviral medications for ...

Online telehealth services are providing easy access to unproven COVID-19 drugs. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as hospitals became overrun, a group of doctors began touting an ...

Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it. By Richard Fausset Joe Grinsteiner ...

Ivermectin is a generic prescription drug used to treat specific infections from parasites. The drug comes as an oral tablet. It may be taken just once or routinely, depending on your condition.