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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Demillo

Arkansas jail inmates settle lawsuit with doctor who prescribed them ivermectin for COVID-19

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they said gave them the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their consent.

A federal judge last week dismissed the 2022 lawsuit against Dr. Robert Karas, who was the doctor for the Washington County jail and had administered the drug to treat COVID, citing the settlement.

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