If lice keep returning, ask a doctor about the best treatment options for your family. You’ll also want to find the exact source of the mites. But don’t blame your pet.

Super lice look the same as regular head lice, but they are resistant to over-the-counter treatment methods. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Some prescription and over-the-counter treatments kill both the live lice and their eggs, also called nits. Other products require two applications, approximately 7 to 9 days apart.

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 ...

Between 6 and 12 million children ages 3 through 11 get head lice every year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a lot of itching ...

Head lice are parasitic insects that burrow to the root of people’s hair and suck the blood from their scalps. While many parents have to treat their children, knowing how to find and remove ...

Oct. 31, 2012 -- Parents dread getting the call or the memo in a child’s backpack: the one telling you that your child or one of his or her classmates has head lice. Now, there's a new option in ...

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 ...

A topical formulation of ivermectin, a medication for roundworm, eradicated lice infestations in almost three-quarters of children who coated their dry hair with the lotion once for 10 minutes ...

Oct. 31, 2012 -- Parents dread getting the call or the memo in a child’s backpack: the one telling you that your child or one of his or her classmates has head lice. Now, there's a new option in ...