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 ...

Ivermectin is a medication approved to treat and prevent certain infections caused by parasites or worms. It was first ...

From COVID-era hype to viral cancer claims, doctors separate fact from fiction on ivermectin’s real medical use and limits ...

The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin has been at the center of a sustained misinformation campaign by doctors who disagree with the scientific consensus that it is ineffective at treating Covid-19. With ...

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 ...

Houston doctor resumes ivermectin push years after COVID controversy.

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 13, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Prescriptions for the anti-parasite medication ivermectin doubled after actor Mel Gibson endorsed the dewormer as an off ...

Prescriptions for two antiparasitic drugs, ivermectin and fenbendazole, have recently surged in the US, according to a new ...

Ivermectin prescriptions spiked among cancer patients after Mel Gibson endorsed antiparasitic drugs on Joe Rogan's podcast, a ...

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 ...

A standard dose of ivermectin combined with 5% permethrin was superior to higher-dose ivermectin for the treatment of severe ...

When a stranger from Spain called Cassidy Rist in her first months at Virginia Tech, she almost didn't take the meeting. The caller was Carlos Chaccour, a physician at the University of Navarra who ...