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Four inmates who sued an Arkansas jail for giving them ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug not approved for treating Covid-19, without their consent have settled the lawsuit for $2,000 each, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arkansas. Photo by Pietro Jeng on Pexels.com The inmates said they were told they were receiving vitamins,…

A lawsuit filed by detainees in the Washington County Jail who claim they were given Ivermectin to treat Covid symptoms has been settled and dismissed.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal lawsuit claiming detainees at the Washington County Jail were given ivermectin to treat covid without their knowledge nor consent was settled for $10,000, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal lawsuit claiming detainees at the Washington County Jail were given ivermectin to treat covid without their knowledge nor consent was settled for $10,000, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A defense filing in a federal lawsuit by Washington County jail detainees who claim they were unknowingly given ivermectin to treat covid now say the supervising doctor never personally administered treatments to anyone and there was no experimentation on detainees.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A defense filing in a federal lawsuit by Washington County jail detainees who claim they were unknowingly given ivermectin to treat covid-19 now says the supervising doctor never personally administered treatments to anyone and there was no experimentation on detainees.

Faulkner County Clerk Margaret Darter was recently awarded the prestigious 2023 Wes Fowler Advocacy Award from the Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC). This award is the premier honor presented at

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Washington County jail has seen a recent spike in the number of detainees testing positive for covid-19.

Defendants in a lawsuit claiming detainees at the Washington County jail were given the drug ivermectin for covid without their knowledge or consent have again asked a federal judge to throw the case out.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that says detainees at an Arkansas jail were given the drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their knowledge.