Scabies

Downtown L.A. TB outbreak: LAPD urges officers to wear masks

2013-02-25 13:54:20

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In Uganda, family planning programs for women help save gorillas

2012-07-27 00:00:00

BUHOMA, Uganda — As a wildlife veterinarian for the Ugandan government, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka had dedicated her life to saving the mountain gorilla. She soon realized that if these rare great apes were to survive, she would need to focus on a much...

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2012-04-25 21:36:55

Sheriff: Lice, scabies outbreak at Cook County Jail

2013-05-17 16:50:00

Part of Cook County Jail and its hospital have been isolated because of an outbreak of lice and scabies, officials announced today. A total of 15 inmates, 10 in Division II of the jail and 5 in the mental health unit of Cermak Hospital, have been...

Pasadena project houses chronic homeless

2013-05-04 12:08:00

After more than 15 years sleeping on the streets of Pasadena, it was a brush with death and a lengthy recovery at Huntington Memorial Hospital that helped Timothy Blakney — a persistent freeway off-ramp panhandler known as "Popeye" for his gruff...

USDA starts new program to track farm animals

2013-04-26 01:05:34

MILWAUKEE - The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. It is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's second attempt at implementing such a system,...

FHSU dealing with outbreak of Scabies

2013-04-18 09:06:00

Fort Hays State University is working to contain and treat students after a scabies outbreak. The school confirmed three cases of students with scabies, and they're working to determine if other students are infected. Scabies is a skin parasite that...

Classes back in session at NWKTC

2013-04-16 16:26:00

Classes resumed at a technical college in northwest Kansas after a scabies scare closed the campus. A case was confirmed last Thursday, prompting health officials and the administration to shut down Northwest Kansas Technical College. More than 250...

Scabies prompts closure at NW Technical College in Goodland

2013-04-11 10:46:00

The campus of Northwest Kansas Technical College is closed until Tuesday because of several cases of scabies. The school says Tuesday a student went to the administration with symptoms of scabies.� Wednesday, other cases showed up at the Goodland...

Joel Brinkley: Victims of forgotten war need the world's attention

2013-03-12 14:30:05

The forgotten war has just turned 10 years old, but of course almost no one took notice. Since early 2003, at least 300,000 people have been killed. More than 2 million others have been forced from their homes. And day by day, even now, the problems...

“Duck Dynasty” recap: “Shot Thru the Heart,” “Here Lizard, Lizard”

2013-03-07 04:32:14

Stetson University wrestles with scabies

2013-02-01 16:36:37

BWINDI, UGANDA -- FEBRUARY 17, 2009 -- More than a third of the world's remaining 786 mountains gorillas live in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Southwest Uganda. The others live in the same mountains, but across the boarder in the Democratic Republic of Congo or Rwanda.

2012-07-19 14:41:00

Fewer than 800 mountain gorillas remain on Earth. More than a third live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, providing Uganda a major source of tourist dollars.

2012-07-12 00:00:00