Removing a scab can impede healing, so it's best to let it fall off on its own. The skin under a scab will often be a lighter color than that of the surrounding area until it fully heals.

Two problems commonly associated with apple trees plague growers: apple scab and apple maggots. It is too late for remedial action at this time of year but what you do now can affect next ...

The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory about the emergence of a new strain of mpox (formerly monkeypox). The person had recently traveled from Africa.

The New York State Department of Health has issued a health advisory following the detection of the first mpox clade Ib case ...

This 18-year-old Palestinian was released from jail as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, and criticised his treatment behind bars after his release.

Removing a scab can impede healing, so it's best to let it fall off on its own. The skin under a scab will often be a lighter color than that of the surrounding area until it fully heals. When skin is ...

Twelve new monkeypox vaccination sites have opened across England, including one in Liverpool, health officials have ...

Sites have been opened in Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol, Liverpool and Southampton as well as other places across England after the UK had its eighth confirmed case of the virus.

The case was detected in East Sussex after an individual recently returned from Uganda, where there is currently community transmission of the illness. Deputy Director at UKHSA, Dr Meera Chand, ...

They are now under specialist care at Guy’s and ... Spread may occur through direct contact with rash, skin lesions or scabs caused by the virus, including during sexual contact, kissing ...