For those of you who are concerned about the red spots, which can pop up practically anywhere on your body, then not to fear, ...

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

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

Scabies treatments for 140 inmates in a housing unit of the Utah State Correctional Facility temporarily closed some areas to ...

The number of cases reported last year nearly doubled while the true extent of infections, the spread of the highly contagious scabies mite, may be hidden as sufferers could be embarrassed and simply ...

SALT LAKE CITY — One inmate at the Utah State Prison tested positive for scabies, leading to the testing and treatment of 140 other inmates and quarantining of some areas, the Utah Department of ...

The microscopic scabies mite burrows into the upper layer of the skin where it lives and lays eggs. Symptoms typically include intense itching and a pimple-like skin rash. It can easily spread through ...

A guest who claimed he developed scabies after a stay at a Travelodge has taken the hotel chain to court. Darren Jones spent ...

possibly caused by laundry soap, in multiple units at the prison that is not contagious. The rash makes it difficult to identify scabies cases without testing.

Lockdown protocols have been activated in a portion of the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City as over 100 inmates are being treated for scabies after one person tested positive for ...

The department said the scabies issue is occurring at the same time as a different skin rash outbreak is affecting inmates in multiple units at the prison, which officials say is not contagious ...