Head lice are a common issue, especially among children, causing itching and discomfort. These insects spread through direct ...

Lice don’t have wings, and they can’t jump, but they spread by crawling from one person’s head to another, usually through head-to-head contact (something that happens a lot among little ...

Finally, an examination probably will reveal tiny active lice on the head and scalp, and nits, or tiny eggs that may look like dandruff, attached to hair shafts. Brian Labus, ...

Deborah Z. Altschuler is the president of the National Pediculosis Association, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, which sells a comb designed to remove lice. Updated October 27, 2015, 11:21 ...

Despite taking every hygienic precaution possible, some children are still going to bring home a case of head lice from a public school or day care center. Contact with one affected playmate can ...

Many nits are very unlikely to hatch and become lice, or may actually be just empty casings—misdiagnosis is very common during nit checks conducted by nonmedical staff, according to the CDC.

Despite taking every hygienic precaution possible, some children are still going to bring home a case of head lice from a public school or day care center. Contact with one affected playmate can ...

ASHLEY PEACE sighs with dismay as she runs a nit comb through her daughters’ hair for the 12th day in a row. Her two girls, aged nine and 11, caught the lice at school and, despite her spending ...

Unfortunately, those bugs living on warm-blooded mammals (like humans) can still thrive in the winter. We’re talking about lice; winter offers these little monsters a few special ways to spread.

The great lice debate is heating up this fall, with talk of so-called "super lice" and more school districts scrapping the old practice of sending children home until there's no trace of the parasite.