A patient has been diagnosed with Norwegian scabies, a more severe and contagious form of the skin disease, the hospital said. Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland confirmed Tuesday that it is ...

Officials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center said they have diagnosed two cases of scabies as they work to contact any who might have been exposed.Click to watch News 9's coverage.The hospital said ...

Scabies is a contagious skin disease that can spread from skin to skin contact or contaminated linens. There is one confirmed case of a particularly infectious form of scabies at Health Sciences North ...

Scabies is a skin problem caused by tiny bugs called mites. These mites are so small that you can’t see them without a ...

Ward 3 has been shut to new admissions and visitors, while current patients and staff are being given precautionary anti-scabies treatment. It comes as the Manor has also been hit by norovirus which ...

Trichina worms (Trichinella spp.) are roundworms that can invade a wide range of animals and man. People are most often infected through eating trichina-containing pork. New research investigated the ...

Health officials have taken aggressive action to control a scabies outbreak at two Kettering Health Network hospitals, where 127 hospital workers had been diagnosed and treated for the skin condition ...

A scabies outbreak was reported Friday at Koester Pavilion assisted living facility in Troy, which is operated by Dayton-based Premier Health near the hospital network’s Upper Valley Medical Center.

Scabies is a common parasitic infection caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei variety hominis, arthropod of the order Acarina. Epidemics during wars, as well as famines and overcrowding, are ...