Anecdotal reports about a global rise in head lice cases have prompted warnings from some experts about a popular and universal activity among children and teenagers: taking selfies. Head lice, itchy ...

Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. Lice are small parasitic insects found on heads, ...

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 ...

Head lice are small, wingless insects that live in human hair. Their scientific name is Pediculus humanus capitis, and they have been a human pest for thousands of years. Their full life cycle, from ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOWELL -- Winter. The season for hats, scarves and hugging and taking photos with friends and family also beckons head lice. The six-legged insects use the close contact to climb from one head to ...

In recent weeks, you may have seen news stories and social media posts claiming that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has newly updated its recommendations on handling head lice in ...

New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics says children should not miss school because of head lice. The video featured is from a previous report. A lice treatment expert says many schools ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide testing of products and ...