Finding nits, even without seeing live lice, suggests past or present lice that should be treated promptly to prevent the nits from hatching and spreading. To stop a lice infestation, use OTC ...

Live lice eggs are typically white to light brown, while dead lice eggs appear darker, often brown or black. Dead lice eggs remain attached to the hair shaft until they are manually removed or the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As your kids settle back into their classroom routines, you need to be checking more than the schoolwork and teachers' notes they're bringing home. They may also be bringing home ...

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 ...

Kids might not be socialising in classrooms right now, but that doesn’t mean head lice aren’t doing the rounds. If just reading that sentence has made you itchy, you’re not alone. And it turns out ...

Head lice are small, wingless insects that live in human hair. Their scientific name is Pediculus humanus capitis, and they have been a human pest for thousands of years. Their full life cycle, from ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide testing of products and ...

With the return to school, you may be hearing people talking about head lice and nits. Lice are tiny insects that live on people's heads, and nits are the eggs they hatch from, found close to the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For generations, children with signs of head lice were summarily sent home by the school nurse, to their shame. Now schools have become less nitpicky. With the backing of some major ...

Head lice affect millions of children every year. Schoolchildren are commonly affected by head lice, which attach to hair and feed on human blood. Although head lice are a year-round problem, the ...