The drug showed promising results in an international study involving nearly 2,400 participants, and the U.S. Food and Drug ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that the mass administration of ivermectin—a drug once known for treating river blindness and scabies—can significantly reduce malaria transmission when used in ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Multicenter EHR data defined combination use as same-day ivermectin and benzimidazole prescriptions, enabling population-level assessment of temporal prescribing changes after a high-profile podcast ...

Prescriptions of a two-drug combo including ivermectin skyrocketed following Gibson's appearance, a new study finds, especially among cancer patients.

As of Thursday, at least six Americans from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship had returned home to four states.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...