Texas officials announced they have detected the New World screwworm in livestock, the first evidence of the parasite in that state in decades.

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and ...

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) offers transformative potential for medical research. Current approaches often focus on LLMs as a replacement for researchers or as a supporting tool. In ...

From COVID-era hype to viral cancer claims, doctors separate fact from fiction on ivermectin’s real medical use and limits ...

Prescriptions for two antiparasitic drugs, ivermectin and fenbendazole, have recently surged in the US, according to a new study. Originally developed to treat parasitic worms, the drugs are now being ...

The Andes virus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has led to lots of misinformation and disinformation about the ...

Since the first cases of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 2, misinformation has rapidly flooded the Internet. Much of it is familiar ...

(HealthDay News) — Prescriptions for the anti-parasite medication ivermectin doubled after actor Mel Gibson endorsed the dewormer as an off-label cancer cure on a high-profile podcast, a new study ...

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 ...

Hantaviruses have a genome made of RNA, but there is no evidence that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin would work on a ...

Prescriptions for an antiparasitic drug spiked for cancer patients after a celebrity endorsed the medication during a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Ivermectin–fenbendazole, a combination of ...