Super lice do not look any different from normal lice. They’re identified by their resistance to common treatment. With proper over-the-counter treatment, head lice can be treated. Super lice are a ...

Head lice is a common problem that affects millions of school-age children and their families each year. The good news is that head lice are treatable with many prescription and non-prescription ...

If you've ever experienced head lice, you know how uncomfortable they can be. These tiny, parasitic insects can also be unsettling and tough to get rid of. "An infestation might feel like tickling on ...

The life cycle of lice begins as an egg, or nit. From there, they can live up to 30 days on a human but no longer than 24 hours without a human host. Female lice can lay up to six eggs per day. Head ...

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 ...

There are easy ways to treat this common scourge among schoolchildren. By Elizabeth Passarella For a minuscule, relatively harmless pest, the head louse is greatly feared among parents of young ...

Ashley had a bold truth to proclaim, her kids bringing home head lice is one of her biggest fears. And she knows for a fact that I’m not the only parent who feels that way. In all fairness, no one ...

Sucking lice and ticks were collected from live-trapped eastern rufous mouse lemurs, Microcebus rufus Geoffroy, in and around the periphery of Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar, from ...

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 ...