Scabies News

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: We have an outbreak of scabies in our area. Will you explain how one gets them? Is it by shaking hands or from pushing a grocery cart in the supermarket? How does one get rid of them? - D.S. Scabies fills people with dread and disgust because they think it comes from poor personal hygiene.

A 65-year-old white man with a history of multiple myeloma presented with thick, leathery, gray skin of the torso and extremities.

A 65-year-old white man with a history of multiple myeloma presented with thick, leathery, gray skin of the torso and extremities.

The Linn County Public Health Department says at least 30 cases of scabies have been confirmed, with more expected.

CEDAR RAPIDS a ' Linn County Public Health is issuing a health alert regarding multiple cases of scabies that have emerged in the Cedar Rapids area this week.

Posted on Sep 17, 2009 by Cindy Hadish . Linn County Public Health has issued a health alert regarding multiple cases of scabies that emerged in the Cedar Rapids area this week.

The New York State Health Department says it is aware of a possible outbreak of scabies at Corning Hospital.

A state-run nursing home that houses military veterans is closing its doors to visitors until a suspected case of scabies disappears.

A state-run nursing home that houses military veterans is closing its doors to visitors until a suspected case of scabies disappears.

A state-run nursing home that houses military veterans is closing its doors to visitors until a suspected case of scabies disappears.

Longitudinal Evidence of Increasing In Vitro Tolerance of Scabies Mites to Ivermectin in Scabies-Endemic Communities Kate E. Mounsey, PhD ; Deborah C. Holt, PhD ; James S. McCarthy, MBBS, FRACP ; Bart J. Currie, MBBS, FRACP, DTM&H ; Shelley F. Walton, PhD Arch Dermatol.

SCABIES is a common skin disease. It is found mostly among kids and it is spread by close personal contact.

The UN has decreed that under the Stockholm Convention, nine chemicals should be banned.

Gambex, a toxic anti-lice shampoo, will not be removed from the shelves, but will instead now be sold as a scheduled product, and repackaged to highlight its adverse effects, the Medicines Control Council has announced.

CBS 6 has learned that there are at least two confirmed cases of scabies at Richmond's Carver Elementary School.

Spencer Hospital officials have confirmed a suspected "scabies-like rash" in northwest Iowa.