As if attempting to one-up last week’s stupidity with regards to ivermectin, anti-vaxxers on Facebook and Twitter are advocating for a new and unproven Covid-19 treatment: Betadine, an antiseptic used ...

The well-known antiseptic called Betadine, a Povidone-iodine solution, is generating a lot of buzz over a new study showing its effectiveness at killing the virus that causes COVID-19. Dr. Anthony ...

(KXAN) — Months after animal dewormer ivermectin surged as an unproven and non-FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment, another drug’s being touted by some anti-vaccine corners of the internet as a ...

First, there was hydroxychloroquine. The latest fad was Ivermectin, the horse dewormer. In today’s “What will they think of next?” antivaxxers have taken to gargling with and ingesting Betadine to ...

Iodine was once a popular treatment for your typical cut and scratch, and now anti-vaxx circles are claiming that gargling or snorting it works as a preventive for Covid-19. Povidone iodine, known ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to public interest in the use of a common disinfectant, povidone-iodine (PVP-I or Betadine™), to prevent or ameliorate COVID-19, popular ...

Some anti-vaxxers are gargling the common antiseptic Betadine in an attempt to treat and prevent the coronavirus. These claims follow a video posted by an alleged doctor on Twitter and Facebook and ...

A combination of betadine and silver colloidal gel was more effective than either agent alone in killing bacteria in biofilms in vitro, according to study results published in the American Journal of ...

If you've ever had surgery, or saw it in action as a spectator, then you're familiar with that brown liquid applied to cleanse the skin pre-incision. Well, that "brown stuff" is called Povidone-iodine ...

The use of dilute betadine lavage prior to surgical closure reduced acute postoperative infection rates in total joint arthroplasty from 0.97% to 0.15%, according to a study comparing more than 2,000 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nasima Mehraban, MD, and colleagues at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush studied these skin treatments in a ...