What about ivermectin for cancer? The Associated Press disproved, in 2023, a popular Facebook claim that ivermectin was being withheld as a magic cancer cure.

Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.

Social media posts have promoted the anti-parasitic drug for cancer and Covid. That has doctors alarmed.

Doctors, pharmacists, the federal government and several healthcare organizations warn against using ivermectin, a parasite drug commonly used on animals, as a treatment for COVID-19.

A handful of states have passed legislation allowing ivermectin to be sold and purchased over-the-counter (OTC) -- and other state legislatures have their sights set on doing the same. During the ...

Ivermectin is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19 prevention or treatment. Research hasn’t shown the drug to be effective in treating the disease.

The governor has called for Texas lawmakers to consider allowing a person to purchase ivermectin at a pharmacy.

Some studies have shown ivermectin can help slow tumor growth, but it hasn’t been studied extensively in humans, and it isn’t approved by health agencies to treat cancer.

Ivermectin administered to the whole population significantly reduces malaria transmission, offering new hope in the fight against the disease.