The UK Health and Security Agency has found that cases of the disease, which has been present in the UK for centuries, have surged by almost half over the last two years alone

Cases of a medieval skin disease caused by a burrowing parasite have nearly doubled in the UK, the nation's top health monitoring service has found.

Scabies, a skin condition that exploded in the medieval period, notably causing outbreaks in the 14th Century and beyond, appears to be establishing a foothold again, according to the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA). The agency, in a recent report, said that cases have surged since the pandemic, especially over the last two years.

Diagnoses increased by 44 percent between 2023 and 2024 - nearly 1,500 - in a trend that appears to have been fuelled primarily b

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