Doctors report 'nightmare' surge in scabies amid shortage of medicines to treat the highly contagious itchy skin condition that's caused by tiny mites
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A 'nightmare' surge in scabies cases poses a major public health concern, experts warned today.
Scabies is an intense itchy and bumpy rash caused by the saliva, eggs and faeces of the parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei, with symptoms sometimes lasting for months.
Antimicrobial resistance could claim almost two million lives a year by 2050. Now, researchers believe they could use #AI to predict which bugs will become resistant so that we can better prepare.
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