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

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

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, ...

Scabies occurs when tiny parasitic mites called Sarcoptes scabiei burrow into the upper layer of skin, triggering an intense allergic reaction that causes severe itching and a distinctive rash.

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

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

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

Scabies is caused by tiny bugs or mites–so small you can’t see them–that burrow into the skin, causing intense itching and red bumps–often in the webs between your fingers, the armpits, the waist, the ...

Scabies is a highly contagious pimple-like rash caused by the parasitic human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Human scabies is most commonly spread by direct, prolonged skin-to-skin ...

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