Crime & Justice

‘Like Tuskegee’: Southern Jail Treats COVID With Dangerous, Unproven Drug Ivermectin

BEYOND THE PALE

The favorite new miracle cure of the far right has been tied to a wave of calls to poison-control centers and dubious prescriptions. Now inmates are caught in the fray.

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