While head lice outbreaks tend to be pretty localized within schools or districts (unlike, say, the flu and norovirus cases that are surging nationwide), we’re seeing lots of lice chatter bubbling up ...

A new CDC guideline no longer requires students, to be sent from school when lice is found on them. “For many decades, we have known that a child that has head lice is not actually ill, it’s not ...

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 ...

But once schools reopened, lice came roaring back — and faster than before,” said Eli Harel , partner at Lice Busters , the leading non-toxic lice removal clinic in New York City. “We’re seeing entire ...

At 2:07 a.m., after three hours of combing through my hair, I found the culprit behind my itchy scalp. I zoomed in with my phone camera and, swallowing a gag, confirmed what I’d feared: At 25 years ...

A hairdryer-like device kills head lice in 30 minutes without the use of chemicals, University of Utah scientists report. Called the LouseBuster, it kills 98 percent of head lice eggs (or nits) and 80 ...