MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled a hospital couldn’t be forced to give a deworming drug to a patient with COVID-19, saying a county judge did not cite a legal basis for ordering the facility to administer ivermectin. The Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved it for use in treating COVID-19 and warns that misusing ivermectin can be harmful. Tuesday’s decision upholds a lower court’s ruling against Allen Gahl, who sued Aurora Health Care in 2021 when doctors refused to treat his uncle with ivermectin.
