Burrowing skin mites drive victims mad with itching, but distribution of a few pills can drive the infestation from entire communities. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Scabies can be controlled with a pill or ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Donohue - We have an outbreak of scabies in our area. Will you explain how one gets them? Is it by shaking hands or from ...

Health professionals in the UK have noted an "alarming" rise in scabies cases there. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images An “alarming” rise in scabies cases has prompted a health ...

image: An anti-parasitic drug will be rolled out on mass scale in the Solomon Islands to prevent scabies, a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition that affects a third of the nation’s children.

An itchy problem is affecting a Big Island hospital in Hawaii: scabies. The Kona Community Hospital (KCH) announced an outbreak of the skin condition on Nov. 19, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

Several patients at a Lakewood nursing home have been treated after a suspected outbreak of scabies earlier this month. The Fountain View Care Center administration notified the Ocean County ...

A Pennsylvania school district has alerted parents to a scabies outbreak that’s reportedly infected 17 middle school students and one student at an elementary school. An email sent to parents with ...