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  "path": "/2026/05/07/ivermectin-misinformation-returns-as-hantavirus-outbreak-revives-a-covid-era-myth/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T00:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.europeans.today",
  "tags": [
    "TODAY+",
    "Hantavirus",
    "Misinformation",
    "Ivermectin",
    "COVID-19 & Misinformation",
    "Public Health",
    "COVID-19",
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    "World Health Organization (WHO)",
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  "textContent": "A fatal hantavirus cluster has prompted renewed online claims about ivermectin. But the same drug was falsely promoted during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite warnings from public health agencies that evidence did not support its use as a COVID treatment outside clinical trials.",
  "title": "Ivermectin misinformation returns as Hantavirus outbreak revives a COVID-era myth"
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