It was, says 48-year-old Andrea Dowden, 'one of the worst experiences of my life'. The raised, red scabs, which seemed to ...

Last year, 51 cases of the disease were reported to officials - nearly half of which originated in nursing homes.

A new tool to test for scabies is being trialled by doctors in the Northern Territory, with researchers hoping early ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Scabies is caused by tiny mites called Sarcoptes scabiei. They spread through skin ...

Inmates in two sections of the Utah State Prison are being treated for scabies after one inmate tested positive. Some areas ...

The Lowell Transitional Living Center, the largest homeless shelter and support organization north of Boston, is treating an outbreak of scabies in its building on Middlesex Street, ...

A scabies outbreak at the Utah State Correctional Facility has prompted the closure of visitor areas and the quarantine of ...

The number of cases reported last year nearly doubled while the true extent of infections, the spread of the highly ...

Approximately 140 inmates at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City are under quarantine after one inmate tested positive for scabies.

Human scabies is most commonly spread by direct, prolonged skin-to-skin contact with an infected person. The microscopic mite burrows into the upper layer of the skin and lays eggs, which causes ...

Scabies is an infestation from a mite that burrows into the upper level of a person's skin and lays eggs. It is typically spread by prolonged skin-to-skin contact. A spokesman for the health ...