I’VE recently had several emails from readers concerned about rabies following confirmation last month that a British woman ...

It’s important to know how to identify bug bites, as getting bitten by some of these annoying critters can mean needing a ...

A two-year-old child presents for the third time in a couple of weeks with a widespread itchy rash which has proved unresponsive to emollients and topical steroids – the itching being so bad that the ...

Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) (skin infestation of mites) Scalp ringworm (tinea capitis) (a fungal infection that can spread from the scalp to the neck) Shingles (a painful rash on one side of the neck ...

Scabies You might have scabies if the skin around and below your breasts and in other areas is so relentlessly itchy that it keeps you up at night. It’s caused by a tiny mite that burrows into your ...

Scabies commonly presents as a red rash with small bumps that often form a line. Other symptoms of scabies include itching, ...

The primary symptom -- an incredibly itchy rash -- results when the female mite burrows into the skin and deposits eggs. Female mites grow to 0.3 to 0.45 mm long and are larger than males.

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Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for two years. “It’s pretty incredible that the bear survived and was ...

Stand up straight with your hands at your sides. With your neck and back straight, slowly turn your head to the left until you feel a slight stretch. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds and then slowly turn ...

The rash typically consists of flat pink or red spots that appear 3 to 5 days after infection. On darker skin, it can be flesh-colored to slightly purplish-gray, with flat to slightly raised bumps.