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

SCHOOL kids have developed “nightmare” rashes in an outbreak of a Victorian disease – with cases surging by 73 per cent. Truro and Penwith College in Cornwall has warned parents a… ...

SCHOOL kids have developed "nightmare" rashes in an outbreak of a Victorian disease - with cases surging by 73 per cent. Truro and Penwith College in Cornwall has warned parents after scabies was ...

Anyone can catch the disease and it is spread through close skin contact. According to the NHS website, scabies rashes normally spread across the whole body, apart from the head and neck.

According to the NHS, scabies rashes usually spread across the whole body, apart from the head and neck. It often affects skin between the fingers, around the wrists, under the arms, and around ...

Symptoms of scabies include intense itching and raised rash or spots. (Image: Getty) The NHS adds: "The scabies rash usually spreads across the whole body, apart from the head and neck.