insecticides
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U.S. Insurers Wasted Millions on Ivermectin for COVID-19, Study Finds
Researchers analysing insurance claims data estimate that U.S. insurers have paid tens of millions of dollars for ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, despite little good evidence that ivermectin does anything to treat or prevent the viral illness. During a single week in August 2021, private and Medicare insurance plans forked over about $US2.5 (A$3) million…
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Judge Orders Hospital to Give Severely Ill Covid-19 Patient Ivermectin
A judge in Ohio has issued an emergency order telling a hospital to treat a coronavirus patient with ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug being promoted widely by right-wing personalities as a covid-19 treatment and prophylactic. Though it’s being studied for that purpose, ivermectin currently doesn’t have good data to back it up as a covid-19 treatment.…
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South Carolina Just Annihilated Millions Of Bees By Accident
To prevent Zika-infected mosquitoes from taking root in South Carolina, officials in Dorchester County gave the go-ahead to spray a powerful insecticide over the countryside. The effort resulted in the unexpected deaths of millions of bees at a time when these critical pollinators are struggling worldwide.