Dear reader, recently a panicked friend called wondering what I know about scabies. Yikes! I had to do some quick research to find out exactly what scabies is. Often referred to as itch mites or mange ...

If you’re of a certain generation, you’re likely to have clear memories of weekly dosings with cod liver oil (or castor oil, if you were particularly unlucky), a practice that was ostensibly a worm ...

U.K. doctors are sounding the alarm about a surge in scabies cases across the country, according to reports. A shortage of scabies medications — which dates as far back as May 2023 —is thought to be a ...

Chiggers and scabies are the mites that bite. Yep, both of these little biters are actually mites, which makes them arachnids, not insects. That means they are more closely related to ticks than other ...

In recent months, Naveed Ijaz, a general practitioner specializing in dermatology, has seen a growing number of patients presenting at his clinic in Manchester, UK, with intensely itchy rashes. Their ...

Michael Head has previously received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research England and the UK Department for International Development, and currently receives funding from the UK ...