Children with long hair should consider wearing their hair in braids, tight buns or even in ponytails to reduce the risk of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A single 30-minute treatment with a hair dryer-like device kills head lice more effectively than chemical preparations, apparently by drying the bugs and their eggs to death, ...

If you've ever parented elementary school-aged children, you know that a call you want to avoid is one from the school nurse notifying you that your child has been exposed to head lice. If such a call ...

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

As we move from fall into early winter, producers should begin monitoring their cattle for signs of cattle lice. Cattle ...

A surge in infestations has hit UK schools as children return to the classroom after Christmas ...