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An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business
Fake science can make it into reputable journals, due to the pressures of the publishing business. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The ivermectin battle isn't over: COVID-19 doctors are prescribing the drug in plain sight
Misinformation campaigns and hero complexes drive doctors to dole out ivermectin for COVID-19, desp…
Aria Bendix
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A COVID-19 patient tried to sneak ivermectin into a Canadian hospital by hiding it inside a stuffed animal
The patient cut a slit in the stuffed animal and filled it with the drug, according to a memo sent …
Yelena Dzhanova
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7 studies ivermectin fans cite to say the drug works against COVID-19, and why they're flawed
Ivermectin tablets are commonly prescribed for deworming in countries including India and Brazil.Ph…
Hilary Brueck
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Brazil's tragic ivermectin frenzy is a warning to the US, experts say
One ICU doctor said the US should take note: "We Brazilians had to learn in the hardest way that iv…
Hilary Brueck
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How a group with right-wing ties duped tens of thousands of Americans into buying COVID-19 drugs that don't work
Patients may have spent $6.7 million for medical advice and $8.5 million for prescriptions, The Int…
Aria Bendix
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2 fringe doctors created the myth that ivermectin is a 'miracle cure' for COVID-19 - whipping up false hope that could have deadly consequences
Dr. Paul Marik and Dr. Pierre Kory are two of the most well-known ivermectin promoters around. They…
Hilary Brueck
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Hospital gets permission to cease prescribing ivermectin for COVID-19, reversing a lawsuit that forced it to administer the anti-parasitic drug
The West Chester Hospital, Ohio, will stop prescribing ivermectin. The drug's adverse effects inclu…
Bethany Dawson
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Spotify airs Joe Rogan podcast touting ivermectin as part of his COVID-19 treatment, despite the FDA calling it 'dangerous'
Spotify aired Joe Rogan's podcast where he defended his use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, despit…
Kieran Press-Reynolds,Andrea …
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Prescriptions for ivermectin - a deworming drug - surged to 24 times their pre-pandemic levels as people baselessly take it as a COVID-19 cure
The drug is an anti-parasitic that can be toxic if misused, but has been touted as a COVID-19 remed…
Marianne Guenot
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An Ohio judge ordered a hospital to use the deworming drug ivermectin to treat a patient with COVID-19
The CDC and the FDA have recommended against using the deworming drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A police captain who refused the vaccine and took the anti-parasitic ivermectin to combat COVID-19 dies from the virus
Captain Joe Manning of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office took the anti-parasitic ivermectin - often…
Alia Shoaib
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The CDC warned against taking ivermectin for COVID-19 after reports of tremors and disorientation from the deworming drug
People are taking the deworming drug to treat or prevent COVID-19 against CDC and FDA recommendatio…
Andrea Michelson
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People taking dangerous doses of ivermectin for COVID-19 say they're pooping out worms, but it's probably vegetables or mucus
People are self-medicating with an unproven horse-deworming drug because they falsely think it cure…
Andrea Michelson,Madison Hall
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Pro-Trump cartoonist Ben Garrison says he has COVID-19 and is treating it with ivermectin and beet juice
Th cartoonist Ben Garrison is known for his pro-Trump drawings but also touts COVID-19 misinformati…
Mia Jankowicz
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People are poisoning themselves trying to treat or prevent COVID-19 with a horse de-worming drug
Poison control is fielding calls from people using high doses of ivermectin obtained from veterinar…
Canela López
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A Texas doctor who was suspended after defending ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment and criticizing vaccine mandates has resigned
Ivermectin is a drug typically used to treat parasitic infections in livestock such as horses. It c…
Katie Balevic
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Barely any of the doctors accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation were ever disciplined, the Washington Post found
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in several states are pushing to make it even harder for their stat…
Katie Hawkinson
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4 Arkansas inmates are suing a jail and its doctor, claiming they were given ivermectin for COVID-19 without their consent
The four inmates allege that they were told that they were being given vitamins, antibiotics, and s…
Cheryl Teh
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The roots of ivermectin mania: How South America incubated a fake-medicine craze that took the US by storm
Retracted scientific studies, populist politicians and a Fox News host have fuelled the popularity …