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UK reports rise in scabies cases as patients describe prolonged outbreaks — I.guim.co.uk

UK reports rise in scabies cases as patients describe prolonged outbreaks

Louise, a 44-year-old mother in south-west England, temporarily moved her partner and two young children into a rented caravan in November after repeated scabies infections disrupted their home and schooling. She described the experience as “hell” and said: “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.” Public-health data and

Permethrin-treated baby wraps cut malaria cases in Ugandan trial — I.guim.co.uk

Permethrin-treated baby wraps cut malaria cases in Ugandan trial

Researchers in Uganda found that treating cloth baby-carrying wraps with the insect repellent permethrin cut malaria rates among the infants carried in them by about two-thirds in a trial in Kasese, a rural, mountainous part of western Uganda. The trial involved 400 mothers and babies aged about six months. Half