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 ...

A 51-year-old woman with an 8-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus was hospitalized with fever, refractory thrombocytopenia and generalized rash. The patient had previously undergone ...

PEORIA — OSF Saint Francis Medical Center has confirmed one case of a highly contagious severe form of scabies. The hospital sent letters to 276 people hospitalized, at some point, in the same unit as ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Eight employees at Simi Valley Hospital contracted scabies from a 62-year-old patient treated at the hospital earlier this month, officials said Friday. The male patient, whose identity was withheld, ...

Medical officials in New Hampshire issued a scabies alert on Friday.Watch the reportHealth professionals said several patients and health care staff at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester clinics and ...

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 ...