One of my most satisfying achievements as a resident was successfully identifying scabies mites, eggs, or scybala via light microscopic examination of copious amounts of skin scrapings collected with ...

State officials are taking another look at how a St. Petersburg assisted living facility handled a possible scabies outbreak amid new complaints that executives took too long to address the problem.

Scabies is most often a clinical diagnosis because of characteristic features. However, in uncertain cases skin scraping may be performed. This involves scraping a fresh, non-excoriated burrow with an ...

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. While ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Lockdown protocols have been activated in a portion of the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City as over 100 inmates are being treated for scabies after one person tested ...

Perry Elementary officials have alerted its staff about "diagnosed" cases of scabies in the preschool school. The first report was in the school's preschool program, elementary Principal Laura Skeel ...

Chiggers and scabies are the mites that bite. Yep, both of these little biters are actually mites, which makes them arachnids, not insects. That means they are more closely related to ticks than other ...

Q: My wife and I had to go back to our offices, so our 4-year-old son is back in day care. About six weeks in, he got an itchy rash that drove him nuts. His pediatrician says it's scabies. What is ...

Scabies is a skin condition caused by human mites called Sarcoptes scabiei. The most common symptoms include a pimple-like rash and severe itching that gets worse at night. Areas of affected skin may ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Perry Elementary officials have alerted its staff about "diagnosed" cases of scabies in the preschool school. The first ...