The best lice treatment for kids involves killing all ... available in various lice shampoos. Several OTC products can kill lice. Because head lice are not typically dangerous, parents and ...

Head lice are most common among young children — 6 million to 12 million ... One is to buy special lice shampoos and conditioners, although these products are not always guaranteed to work.

Between 6 and 12 million children ages 3 through 11 get head lice every year in the ... active ingredients in many over-the-counter lice treatment shampoos. Research suggests that today, super ...

"There is significant stigma resulting from head lice infestations in high-income countries, resulting in children and adolescents ... pyrethrin and piperonyl butoxide shampoo, ivermectin 0.5 ...

Students with head lice should be allowed to go to school, a new report says. They shouldn’t be kept from the classroom, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Instead, families should ...

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. At first, I thought I was allergic to my shampoo. I’d switched to a ...

Lice have developed resistance to many of the products available in over-the-counter lice shampoo and even to some ...

The health agency recently updated guidelines on when to treat the affliction once the insects are discovered on a child's head. For many years, it was recommended that kids with lice be sent home ...

Head lice are common in young children and families ... You should start off by washing your hair with ordinary shampoo, apply lots of conditioner (any conditioner), then comb the whole head ...

As kids head back to school, an unlucky few will likely bring home some unwanted guests – head lice. If you remember being sent home when the school nurse found lice in your hair, you might be ...

"Head lice is not considered a communicable disease, because lice do not carry disease," said the Director of Community ...