Hantaviruses have a genome made of RNA, but there is no evidence that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin would work on a hantavirus infection, as suggested in a widely shared X post that misrepresents ...

Ivermectin prescriptions skyrocketed in the six months after actor Mel Gibson claimed a version of the drug successfully treated three of his friends’ cancer on influencer Joe Rogan’s podcast, a new ...

Within days of reports of a rare Andes hantavirus outbreak, political figures and prominent Covid-era ivermectin advocates once again began promoting the drug as a potential treatment — even as ...

A Houston doctor who became one of the country's most controversial voices during the COVID-19 pandemic is now offering to sell ivermectin directly to Texans—while again promoting the drug for use ...

A hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship that has left three people dead is veering into the fringe. Online, a growing number of social media users are floating ivermectin as a possible ...

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Doctors and public health experts are warning against a viral claim that the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin could treat ...

There are few things in this world that the left hates more than President Trump, but one of them may be ivermectin. That’s the decades-old antiparasitic that gained a new following during COVID-19, ...

Ivermectin was originally celebrated as a revolutionary treatment for parasitic disease in humans and animals. It has since evolved into a focal point of misinformation and heated debate. During the ...

The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to ...

Since the pandemic began, Florida lawmakers and health officials have become fascinated with ivermectin for more than its approved human uses. Now, Florida’s Republican legislators want to make it ...

Florida’s Republican Legislators want to make it easier to get ivermectin, the controversial anti-parasitic drug. Tucked into what has been called Florida’s Medical Freedom bill is a provision that ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – In a social media post, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s pushing the legislature to pass a bill involving Ivermectin and he plans to sign it. The governor’s post was in response to ...