Lice thrive in cold weather, causing weight loss up to 0.21 pounds daily. Systemic drugs work best on sucking lice while topical options handle both types.

As children return to classrooms, parents are grappling with a familiar, unwelcome guest: head lice. While schools are not the sole source of transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they could also be bringing home a tiny nuisance ...

WASHINGTON — The University of Maryland is warning students after cases of body lice were reported on campus. According to the UMD Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk, parts of ...

A pungent smell led authorities to a scene they could hardly believe at a Missouri home, leading the parents to be charged with multiple offences.

While many children dream of becoming teachers, doctors, or engineers, Sydney-born Rachel Maroun, 24, chose a path few could imagine. Known online as “The Lice Lady,” Maroun has built a following by ...

RED LAKE, Minn. — A Red Lake woman has been found guilty of felony child neglect following the 2022 death of a child in her care on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Sharon ...