A pharmacist from Superdrug is warning the public, especially parents, about a highly infectious skin condition that bears a striking resemblance to eczema or chickenpox and is frequently mistaken for ...

Over the past couple of years, there’s been a rise in contagious skin infections such as scabies – and now, a pharmacist is urging families to check for another skin condition that is often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Impetigo around the mouth Zay Nyi Nyi via Getty Images Over the past couple of years, there’s been a rise in contagious skin ...

Donna Culton, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outlines diagnosing autoimmune blistering diseases. Persistent, intensely itchy rashes in older adults are often written off as eczema or ...

Superdrug's top pharmacist is warning the nation to be aware of impetigo, a highly contagious skin infection which is often misdiagnosed. As a result, people may not receive the prompt treatment ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing flu, RSV and strep throat this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital are seeing flu and other viral upper respiratory ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old woman who is in otherwise good health, but I was diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid, a rare autoimmune disease, in January 2022. I have been treated by three ...

• A cream, containing topical steroid clobetasol propionate, applied on the entire skin surface is as effective as oral steroids (prednisone), causes less severe unwanted or harmful effects, and may ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of adult patients with bullous pemphigoid. The approval is based on results from the pivotal ADEPT phase 2/3 ...

More patients treated with dupilumab experienced sustained disease remission and itch reduction at week 36 compared with those who received placebo. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...