Head lice are a common issue, especially among children, causing itching and discomfort. These insects spread through direct contact and shared items.

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Most treatments require a second application 7-10 days after the first to kill any newly hatched lice. Use a fine-toothed lice comb to physically remove lice from hair for best results.

If you have head lice and a beard, you may wonder if they can get in your beard, too. Not usually. Lice in a beard are typically pubic lice.

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face.

This oldest deciphered sentence is inscribed on an ivory lice comb, which was excavated by Southern archaeologists and dates to 1700 BC.

Experts say no-lice policies — and in-school lice checks in which a nurse or other adult combs an entire class for bugs — don’t actually stop the spread of lice, and are especially ...

Kids are back in school and some of them might be coming home with more than just homework. A woman known as the “Potomac Lice Lady” says there are a few things parents should know that can help if ...