BRITS have been urged to be vigilant after a surge in cases of a highly infectious Victorian disease that can trigger ...

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

These microscopic mites, which burrow under your skin and cause ferocious itching, are incredibly hard to get rid of – and cases in the UK have soared. What is causing the outbreak, and is there ...

Skin-eating scabies mites are on the rise across the UK, threatening entire schools and care homes, a leading expert on the ...

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

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Zip Diagnostics Pty Ltd., Menzies School of Health Research and Axxin Pty Ltd., a Melbourne, Australia-based diagnostic instrumentation manufacturer, partnered to develop a rapid diagnostic test for ...

LAFAYETTE, Georgia -- A Georgia nursing home resident is dead after experts say she was eaten alive by millions of parasitic mites over the course of several months or years. According to a pending ...

A scabies outbreak at a Kern County ICE detention facility is prompting renewed calls for more oversight of health and sanitary conditions at the county’s three detention facilities. Officials for The ...

Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people. It ...