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

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

Question: We have had scabies in our house for months, despite treatment and following all the guidelines. I heard somewhere that they are becoming resistant to treatment, like lice. Is that true and ...

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.

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

Darren Jones, 52, claimed to have developed scabies after a three-day stay at a Travelodge hotel but his case was dismissed ...

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

A Welsh man who claimed he caught scabies after staying at a Travelodge hotel has had his claim thrown out. Darren Jones said ...

In other news, 140 incarcerated people at the Utah State Correctional Facility are in quarantine for scabies treatment after ...

In 2024 there were 51 scabies outbreaks notified in Ireland, representing a 96 per cent increase from 2023, the body said.

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 ...