With a drop in the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population come higher prices. Here's why.

Lice can spread quickly between family members, and asymptomatic carriers are common in the early stages of infestation.

A woman with a severe head-lice infestation was detained at a psychiatric hospital while she awaited evaluation for a mental health commitment.

Head lice, watch out — a lice-removal clinic has opened in Troy. Part of the Lice Clinics of America network, the largest lice-removal service in the U.S., the clinic offers professional ...

School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Dense populations of salmon in fish farms along Norway’s coastline cause lice outbreaks that affect wild fish more than is desirable, according to a report from a group of experts.

Scabies, bedbugs, and body lice infestations are best addressed when dermatologists take standardized histories that account for social drivers of health. That's one conclusion from a recent ...

Head lice are small parasites that live on human scalps, feeding on blood. While they don’t cause serious health problems, head lice are a common and frustrating problem, especially among school ...

How to diagnose infestations accurately and implement powerful decontamination strategies to combat the rising prevalence of scabies, bedbugs, and lice.

Though relatively benign as parasites go, lice infestations can cause discomfort, itching, infection, and in extreme cases, bug-related paranoia and delusions.

Pubic lice fall within the Pthirus pubis family of louse, different from head lice. Learn how you can get crabs and what to do once you see them.