A spike in ringworm in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: The barbershop

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A ringworm outbreak among Spanish teens is traced to barbershops and a fashionable haircut: the fade. Spanish dermatologists believe they’ve traced the cases back to a single source: dirty electric razors. Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona. 

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