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 ...

(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 ...

Health professionals in the UK have noted an "alarming" rise in scabies cases there. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images An “alarming” rise in scabies cases has prompted a health ...

AND AT THIS POINT THE FACILITY IS OPEN TO ALL VISITORS.. A SCABIES OUTBREAK AT THE "EDEN VALLEY CARE CENTER" IN SOLEDAD.. IDENTIFIED LAST FRIDAY.. A WARNING SIGN WENT UP OUTSIDE.. AND THE CENTER ...

image: An anti-parasitic drug will be rolled out on mass scale in the Solomon Islands to prevent scabies, a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition that affects a third of the nation’s children.