Ivermectin is primarily used in dogs for the prevention and treatment of heartworm disease. The parasitic worm Dirofilaria immitis, living in the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, causes this ...

Ivermectin was originally celebrated as a revolutionary treatment for parasitic disease in humans and animals. It has since ...

Georgians who want to buy a controversial anti-parasitic drug may soon be able to pick it up from their local pharmacist ...

Claims that ivermectin can cure cancer are not supported by findings from research trials involving humans. Most studies on ivermectin and cancer are still preliminary and are investigating the effect ...

Among the many recommendations floating around during early COVID times—along with the now-disproven hydroxychloroquine, and President Donald Trump’s suggestion that scientists study UV rays and ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Ivermectin is no more effective than placebo in reducing the severity of COVID-19 among newly ...

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 ...

Chris Cuomo’s stance on Ivermectin as a theraputic drug for COVID-19 has done a complete 180, as the news anchor who once said on CNN that anyone promoting it should be “shamed” now says he’s “taking ...

Boise, Idaho, pharmacist Matt Murray has no choice but to disappoint the handful of people who call him every day asking for a drug used to treat parasitic worms. He could give them the medication, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 2020 gave hydroxychloroquine emergency use authorization as a COVID-19 treatment, but rescinded it three months later as data showed it was ineffective ...