With increasing numbers of head lice showing resistance to OTC treatments doctors suggest parents go straight to prescription medications. Sept. 11, 2017, 10:33 AM EDT / Source : TODAY Linda Carroll ...

New lice infestation now resistant to treatment 02:45. Head lice are a giant nuisance -- as many as 12 million American school children between the ages of 3 and 11 get them each year, according ...

How to Treat Super Lice. Lice should only be treated if there are active, live lice; simply finding nits isn’t enough. These could be a sign of already dead lice, which don’t need to be treated.

Lice Are Becoming Resistant to Treatment. Published Aug 19, 2015 at 5:06 AM EDT Updated Apr 14, 2016 at 4:16 AM EDT. ... but these treatments may require a prescription. Some, ...

As kids get ready to go back to school, there’s been a disturbing new study about head lice. Skip to content. NOWCAST WISN 12 News at 10 p.m. ... Head lice becoming resistant to some treatments ...

Scientists have discovered mutant head lice that are resistant to the most common treatments. As CBS2's Elise Finch reported, parents fear any lice outbreaks will quickly get out of control. Kids ...

The resumption of school means that head lice season is back, and the discovery of drug-resistant lice means that the problem may be much bigger this school year. Skip to content NOWCAST KMBC 9 ...

The bugs known as super lice have developed genetic mutations that make them resistant to many of the over-the-counter and prescription chemicals that used to kill them.

Here’s some lousy news: Lice in half of America—at least 25 states—are now resistant to over-the-counter treatments. That’s according to new research presented at the American Chemical ...

The vast majority of head lice in the United States are now resistant to most over-the-counter treatments, meaning that it's now especially difficult to vanquish the tiny blood-sucking parasites ...

Head lice in children have been treated for years with lotions, creams and shampoos. But, like other microscopic bugs, lice are becoming resistant to treatments. Now, in a study in the New England ...

CLEVELAND – As kids head back to school, they could be facing “mutant head lice.” A new study found lice in 25 states, including Ohio, are resistant to common, over-the-counter treatments.