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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prescriptions for the anti-parasite medication ivermectin doubled in the months following an endorsement by a celebrity during a high-profile podcast as an off-label cancer treatment, a UCLA-led study ...

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, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A Houston-based doctor, Mary Talley Bowden, has shared a possible solution to tackle the hantavirus outbreak that led to the evacuation of three people suspected of carrying the pathogen on MV Hondius ...

Ivermectin is a medication approved to treat and prevent certain infections caused by parasites or worms. It was first ...