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[TRENDING NEWS] Health experts keep warning against using ivermectin as a Covid treatment. Some Americans refuse to listen.

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Author: BY ALYSSA LUKPAT AND EMMA GOLDBERG - Publish Date: September 5, 2021 at 03:11AM The drug has spared hundreds of millions of Africans from serious parasites, but clinical trials have repeatedly failed to show that it is effective against Covid. Still, U.S. demand is high.
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[TRENDING NEWS] What’s Killing California’s Sea Otters? House Cats.

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Author: FRANCIE DIEP - Publish Date: August 28, 2019 at 07:00AM The state’s beloved sea mammals have been plagued by the deadly Toxoplasma parasite. They’re catching it from feral and pet cats.
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[TRENDING NEWS] The Wasp Wants a Zombie. The Cockroach Says ‘No’ With a Karate Kick.

Author: NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR - Publish Date: November 27, 2018 at 07:00AM Scientists documented the fancy footwork that helps some cockroaches fend off a wasp's paralyzing sting.
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