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Outbreak of horrific skin-eating disease at California school

California Post·Nina Joudeh·24 days ago
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A horrific outbreak of the skin-eating disease scabies has swept through a California school , leaving five people in Fresno County’s Fowler Unified School District under suspicion as possible cases. In April, the cases surfaced at a Flower school, prompting Fresno County health officials and district leaders to join forces. They tracked down those showing symptoms, organized treatment, and launched a thorough campus-wide cleaning, ABC30 reported. Scabies is “an infestation of the skin by a human itch mite” that can cause “intense itching and a pimple-like skin rash,” according to the CDC. ABC30 samorphum – stock.adobe.com Health officials said no cases have been reported outside the affected school and emphasized that the risk to the broader public remains low. Explore More But scabies is only part of the problem for California schools.…

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