Wisconsin Court Denies Ivermectin Use for COVID Treatment.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a hospital cannot be forced to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient. The ruling overturned a lower court order that required Aurora Health Care to administer the deworming drug to a patient who was placed on a ventilator due to COVID-19 complications. Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication typically used on livestock, grew in popularity among conservatives after it was hailed by some as a miracle cure for COVID-19. However, the FDA has not approved ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, and a National Institutes of Health panel found trials failed to show a clinical benefit from treating COVID-19 with ivermectin.