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Ivermectin's reputation keeps growing as a kind of cure-all, even for cancer — despite evidence it doesn't work.

Conservative pundits, politicians and social media users are claiming that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently reversed its guidance on the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.

Remember ivermectin? The animal-deworming medication was used so avidly as an off-label COVID treatment during the pandemic that some feed stores ended up going out of stock. (MUST SHOW A PIC OF YOU ...

Endorsing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, lack of trust in physicians or scientists, and conspiracy-mindedness were linked to the use of non-evidence-based treatments for COVID-19, an internet-based ...

VICE has doubled down on its promotion of a do-it-yourself abortion medicine after Twitter users pointed out the company’s prior criticism of podcast host Joe Rogan’s use of ivermectin upon ...

A Minnesota medical regulatory board has reprimanded a Twin Cities health care practitioner for providing a controversial form of COVID-19 care and failing to document it in patient records. Physician ...

A bill that would allow ivermectin to be sold for human use without a prescription received an Arkansas Senate panel's endorsement on Wednesday. The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is authorized to provide guidance on drugs and convey that information to the public. When the FDA approves a medication, it means the agency considers the drug ...