New Hampshire House Approves Over-the-Counter Ivermectin

A health worker shows a box containing a bottle of ivermectin, a medicine authorized by the National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance (INVIMA) to treat patients with mild, asymptomatic or suspicious COVID-19, as part of a study of the Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases Studies in Cali, Colombia, on July 21, 2020. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images

New Hampshire moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to offer ivermectin without a prescription on March 16.

By a 183—159 vote, New Hampshire’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives approved HB1022, which would allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin under a standing order, meaning that anyone could go to a pharmacist and get human-grade ivermectin.