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

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

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

The scabies mite’s life cycle drives the infection process. Female mites tunnel beneath the skin’s surface, laying eggs that hatch into larvae within days. These larvae mature into adult mites ...

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

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

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

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, ...

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

Scabies is a microscopic mite that burrows under the skin to lay eggs, affecting more than 400 million people each year according to the World Health Organization. In recent years, scabies ...