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 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 ...

A patient with crusted (Norwegian) scabies has been identified at DHMC in Lebanon. Employees and patients who were on the affected hospital unit should undergo screening and either treatment for ...

From the Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, and the Service of Dermatology and Syphilology, Bellevue Hospital (address reprint requests to Dr. Leider at New York ...

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 ...

Officials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center said they have diagnosed two cases of scabies as they work to contact any who might have been exposed.Click to watch News 9's coverage.The hospital said ...

CAMBRIDGE The Chesapeake Woods Center residential health care facility is again accepting new admissions following the discovery several weeks ago of a resident with a skin rash which tested positive ...

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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, ...

A scabies outbreak was reported Friday at Koester Pavilion assisted living facility in Troy, which is operated by Dayton-based Premier Health near the hospital network’s Upper Valley Medical Center.