Health officials in Japan have halted vaccine rollouts for COVID-19 and have instead authorized treatment with the anti-parasite drug ivermectin. As the infodemic of misinformation perpetuated in ...

Some limited studies suggest that ivermectin can help treat COVID-19; others show no significant impact. Many of the studies had small sample sizes and other limitations. Federal health and drug ...

Ivermectin is a prescription medication doctors use to treat several types of parasitic infections. At one point, researchers were also examining ivermectin’s potential for treating or preventing ...

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 ...

The Oregon Poison Center is a telephone consultative center staffed by specialty-trained nurses, pharmacists, and physicians who provide treatment advice for the public and comprehensive treatment ...

Ivermectin is a medication that treats some parasitic diseases. There are two types: one that doctors prescribe for certain health conditions in people and another that veterinarians prescribe, which ...

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 ...

Ivermectin has possible interactions with some other drugs. Examples include warfarin and certain antifungal medications. Talk with your doctor to avoid potentially harmful effects from Ivermectin ...

You may have seen ads on television for Heartgard, which prevents heartworm disease in dogs, and treats and controls intestinal worms in animals. One of two active ingredients in Heartgard is ...

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 administered to the whole population significantly reduces malaria transmission, offering new hope in the fight against the disease. The BOHEMIA trial, the largest study on ivermectin for ...