The demand for deworming drug ivermectin has been surging to more than 80,000 prescriptions per week. Pharmacists have been reporting shortages of the drug which is used in small doses in humans to treat lice, scabies, and other parasites, but most commonly used in animals. The big concern is people trying to get the drug from livestock stores. Emma Goldberg, reporter at the NY Times, joins us for the surging demand despite studies showing it does little to treat Covid.




Next, are you traveling this Labor Day weekend? Make sure to check all the Covid mandates of your destination. The CDC has said if you are unvaccinated you should not be traveling, but some estimates say that as many as 1 in 5 Americans will be traveling over the weekend. The main thing to prepare ahead of time is to have digital proof of you vaccination records. Allison Pohle, travel reporter at the WSJ, joins us for more.




Finally, retailers are very worried about the holiday shopping season as pandemic related delays continue. Factory shutdowns, computer chip shortages, and clogged ports are gearing up to leave stores with emptier shelves and consumers with higher prices and longer waits for shipping. Abha Bhattarai, national retail reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for how September is the new December when it comes to holiday shopping. If there is something you want, get it now.

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