Keeping Tabs on Hantavirus; MA Auto-Enrollment; Mel Gibson's Ivermectin Influence

Keeping Tabs on Hantavirus; MA Auto-Enrollment; Mel Gibson's Ivermectin Influence

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Scientific Study Links Single Joe Rogan Episode To Doubling Ivermectin Prescriptions

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that prescriptions for ivermectin doubled in the months following a January episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, in which Rogan and actor Mel Gibson discussed it as a potential cancer treatment. The study tracked prescriptions for ivermectin and fenbendazole between January and July of 2025, finding that overall prescription rates doubled over the seven-month peri…

Cancer Drug Prescriptions Double After Mel Gibson Podcast

Mel Gibson told Joe Rogan's audience in January 2025 that three friends with stage 4 cancer had beaten the disease using ivermectin and fenbendazole. Sixty million people watched. Within weeks, prescriptions for the drug combination nearly doubled nationwide, and rose two and a half times among cancer patients, Fox News Digital reported, citing a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The study, conducted by researchers at the Virginia Tech C…