Doctors are debating if the itchy skin disease is becoming resistant to its main treatment, but there could be other factors ...

Pharmacies have seen a rise in scabies medication sales since fall and a family doctor says cases have increased in recent ...

SCHOOLS and care homes could soon be under siege from a highly contagious Victorian disease, scientists have warned. Leading ...

For Tracy Owen, eczema was much more than dry skin. It came to dictate every aspect of her life, from ­relationships to how she dressed.

The disease is caused by microscopic mites that burrow into the skin and spread easily through prolonged close contact, ...

While scabies is generally not a serious condition, people with weakened immune systems can contract a more rare form known ...

Dr Jo Middleton said there has been a ‘substantial increase’ in scabies outbreaks in schools, creating the risk of long-term ...

Scabies is a highly infectious disease which is spread through close skin contact. This means if one person becomes infected ...

There were almost 900 cases of the highly contagious infection in the UK last week - up by a fifth on last year ...

Scabies cases are rising across the UK, with doctors warning that stigma, delayed diagnosis and treatment shortages are ...

UK health alert as scabies cases hit double the 5-year average. Learn the symptoms of this 'Victorian disease', why it ...