The diagnoses in the children, aged one to the mid-teens, are scabies, mild impetigo and eczema, said Keith Conn, associate deputy minister of Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health branch.

Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza’s tent camps By: Wafaa Shurafa And Mohammed Jahjouh, The Associated Press Posted: 1:14 AM CDT Tuesday, Jul ...

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It was, says 48-year-old Andrea Dowden, 'one of the worst experiences of my life'. The raised, red scabs, which seemed to appear overnight, covered the mother-of-two's body.

Children under 5 years old can go back to nursery or pre-school 24 hours after the first treatment. Although the treatment kills the scabies mites quickly, the itching can carry on for a few weeks.

Displaced child Sham al-Hessi, center, who suffers from skin disease, is covered with skin cream as she poses for a picture, at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday ...