Poison control centers dealt with more cases of people abusing the antiparasitic ivermectin, which has been falsely touted as a Covid-19 cure, in August than they did for the whole of 2019 or 2020.
Researchers think pandemic pressures could help explain the rise in mass shootings over the past 15 months, which caused an extra death and around seven more injuries every two days compared to pre-pandemic levels.
There is no evidence to suggest the Covid-19 vaccines can affect fertility, Dr. Victoria Male said, but a link is “plausible and should be investigated.”
Republican legislators have passed laws restricting officials’ ability to deploy standard means of infection control, including quarantine, issuing mask mandates and closing businesses.