The Texas Senate late Wednesday passed a bill that would make ivermectin — a drug used mostly in this country to treat livestock for parasites — available to Texans without a prescription.
The bill now goes before Gov. Greg Abbott who is likely to sign the bill into the law after listing it as a priority for this second special legislative session. Texas will become the fifth state to approve the over-the-counter sale of the drug after it became popular as an unproven treatment for COVID-19. The Senate approved the bill 20-6.
