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 ...

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 ...

The unique and extraordinary microorganism that produces the avermectins (from which ivermectin is derived) was discovered by Ōmura in 1973 (Figure 1). It was sent to Merck laboratories to be run ...

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 ...

Prescriptions for antiparasitic drugs spiked after the actor claimed it cured his friends of cancer, a new study finds. By Nina Agrawal In January 2025, Mel Gibson told the influential podcaster Joe ...

Ivermectin is an antiparasitic medication approved by the FDA to treat parasitic infections like river blindness and intestinal strongyloidiasis, but it isn’t effective for treating or preventing ...

Gibson appeared on "The Joe Rogan Experience" in January 2025 and described three friends with stage 4 cancer who he said recovered after taking ivermectin and fenbendazole, another dewormer that’s ...

Severe scabies, a rare parasitic skin disease characterized by abundant skin mites, may be life-threatening and poses public health concerns worldwide. A combination of standard-dose oral ivermectin ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would allow ivermectin to be sold to people without a prescription. The medication, commonly used to ...

Ivermectin oral tablet is a generic medication used to treat intestinal strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis affecting the eyes and skin. Common side effects include itching, diarrhea, nausea, ...

With a fatal hantavirus outbreak setting off public health alarms, could ivermectin be a solution? As 18 people who were aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship prepared for their May 11 return to ...