Head lice are small parasites that live on human scalps, feeding on blood. While they don’t cause serious health problems, head lice are a common and frustrating problem, especially among school-aged ...

Head lice, aka Pediculosis capitis, are tiny insects that cannot live without a human host. They are spread from head to head, said Lori Saari, a public health nurse with the Duluth schools. No one ...

They're tiny. They're itchy. They're extremely difficult to physically eliminate and even harder to mentally bear. They're lice. And when your child happens to be the temporary home for these ...

Kids are back in school and some of them might be coming home with more than just homework. A woman known as the "Potomac Lice Lady" says there are a few things parents should know that can help if ...

An outbreak of head lice in a community, while certainly unpleasant, can be a valuable time for supermarket pharmacists to form a strong bond and build store loyalty with parents and children. As ...

Head lice are extremely common, especially in children, but anyone can get them. Getting lice doesn’t mean anything about your personal hygiene or living circumstances, and you have plenty of options ...

If you've ever parented elementary school-aged children, you know that a call you want to avoid is one from the school nurse notifying you that your child has been exposed to head lice. If such a call ...

Uncontrollable itching. Sleepless nights. Incredible stench. Uh oh, it looks like you could have a head lice infestation. Where would you get the lice from? How fast would these little critters breed ...

Lice can be treated using specialized combs, medicated shampoos, or home remedies like oils. But there’s no single treatment that can get rid of lice right away. Lice are tiny parasites that live in ...

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

The Black Death killed tens of millions of people in the mid-1300s, but scientists and historians are still trying to figure out how it spread. Wellcome Images via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0 ...