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"path": "/2026/05/07/ivermectin-misinformation-returns-as-hantavirus-outbreak-revives-a-covid-era-myth/",
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"Hantavirus",
"Misinformation",
"Ivermectin",
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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.",
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