When we were small, our mother used to comb our hair while holding us and remove lice from our hair. It used to hurt at that time, but today we understand that it was all for our good. Today's ...

Let’s say you’ve got school-age kids, and you find yourself asking, “Why does my scalp itch?” Is there any way you’re not going to wonder if it’s head lice? Head lice are tiny bugs that attach ...

Itching, scabbing on scalp may signal presence of head lice. Learn what to do. Jan. 26, 2009— -- Six million to 12 million school-age children in America get head lice every year, according ...

Head lice — it’s a critter issue that could enter your home via the smallest of your residents. If your child has lice, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are unclean. Lice is commonly ...

While lice can itch, the group points out, they “cause no medical harm.” Guzman thinks that’s the right approach. “I really don’t think it’s necessary to take them out of school ...

Just hearing the words "head lice" is enough to make you start itching, but now a new medication appears to be highly effective and allows -lice-ditch-the-itch/">Read More</a> ...

Head lice, itchy parasites that live on the scalp, are typically spread through direct head-to-head contact, mostly among children. And getting close for group selfies — which often means ...

Itching to Study Lice and Mites In 1939, when World War II broke out, I held the Royal Society's Sorby Research Fellowship and was working on problems of insect physiology at Sheffield University. As ...

MISSOURI CITY — Dracula ain't got nothin' on Pediculus humanuscapitis. With six tiny, clawlike legs, an insatiable appetite and nothing less than an X-rated capacity for reproduction, the sesame ...