Any parent who has a child at school will know (or will soon know!) the sheer frustration that can come with treating a head ...

Many schools are suffering outbreaks of head lice in recent years. With four kids of her own, WSJ's Jennifer Corbett-Dooren breaks down what you need to know about getting rid of the pests.

Pets can't catch head lice and pass them on to people or the other way around. Do Kids Have to Stay Home From School? In the past, kids with head lice were kept home from school. But now doctors don't ...

African Americans are less likely than others to get head lice but definitely aren’t immune. Clearing up the myth is the ...

Head lice are small, flat, six-leg, blood-sucking, wingless insects about 2–4 mm long that live, reproduce and feed on the human scalp. Head lice have been surviving in humans for millions of ...

"BPS procedure requires that if a child is identified as having live head lice, the child must be treated at home and must be accompanied to the school clinic the next day with the parent to check ...

Trying to treat your pubic lice with home remedies can make your infection worse, and waiting to treat your pubic lice can make it more likely that you’ll spread the crabs to other people. Pubic lice ...