What Ivermectin Can (and Can’t) Do

Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug used mainly for deworming horses and other animals, is being promoted on social media for unproven uses, including the treatment of cancer and Covid in humans. That has doctors alarmed.

Dani Blum, a reporter for Well, explains what we know about what ivermectin can — and can’t — do.

Video by Dani Blum and Theodore Tae

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