Children have returned to school, and some parents are concerned they could be bringing home a tiny nuisance — lice ...

Lice cannot hop, jump or fly. The most common way to get lice is through head-to-head contact with someone who already has ...

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 ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and whose ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — It’s something that leads to an estimated 6 to 12 million infestations every year in the US, affecting children 3 to 11 years old. Those are rough numbers from the Centers for Disease ...

Hundreds of tiny bugs crawl across your scalp, your neck and under your clothes. They pierce your skin and suck your blood. The itching is unbearable. You may want to spray pesticide all over your ...

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 ...

While head lice outbreaks tend to be pretty localized within schools or districts (unlike, say, the flu and norovirus cases that are surging nationwide), we’re seeing lots of lice chatter bubbling up ...

Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don't carry disease, and they don't jump or fly. But school systems and ...

Several New York City-based delousers who screen for and treat head lice say that although business dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, they're now as busy as ever. The city’s Department of ...

Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student’s head was lice-free. But what are known as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of ...