Author: Jo Middleton, Research Fellow in Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

3dMediSphere/Shutterstock.com 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 treatments are available, but myths and stigma are getting in the way of proper control. What is scabies and how do people catch it? […]