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Key Points Aphids are tiny sap-sucking pests that quickly damage houseplants.Early infestations can be controlled with water, ...

A County Tyrone special school is to close for three days due to a scabies outbreak. The Public Health Agency (PHA) is managing the outbreak at Knockavoe Special School in Strabane. The school is to ...

Scabies cases are surging across the UK and Europe. The tiny mites that cause it spread easily through skin contact, making children, young adults and elderly people particularly vulnerable. Effective ...

Over the past couple of years, there’s been a rise in contagious skin infections such as scabies – and now, a pharmacist is ...

Scabies survivors have taken to Reddit to discuss their 'nightmare' post-scabies syndrome experiences and reveal what symptoms they had.

Doctors have issued some severe warnings as a 'medieval' disease which keeps getting misdiagnosed continues to sweep through the UK ...

The UK is experiencing a significant increase in a 'medieval' disease which doctors often struggle to diagnose correctly and proves challenging to treat. Scabies is an itchy rash triggered by mites ...

The number of cases rose from 43 in 2023 to 207 in 2025 at South Tees A&Es and urgent treatment centres, though this followed ...

It causes an itchy rash spread through close skin contact and is very hard to get rid of - and doctors often fail to diagnose ...

Learn about scabies, a contagious skin condition caused by mites, its symptoms, treatment, and prevention methods.