School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Head lice are tiny six-legged insects that are only found in the hair on a human’s head – most commonly in the hair of primary school-aged children. Head lice have been a constant companion ...

For as long as humans have had lice, we’ve fought hard to get rid of them. Nit combs, the fine-tooth brushes used to remove ...

Head lice infestation is a fairly common problem globally, with 6–12 million cases in children ages 3–11 reported annually in the US alone, [1] and is typically observed in the school-aged ...

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...

Head lice are tiny six-legged insects that are only found in the hair on a human's head—most commonly in the hair of primary school-aged children. Head lice have been a constant companion for ...

The wax layer of the epicuticle (outer layer) is composed of a matrix of hydrocarbons, and four specific hydrocarbons identified to be consistent among head lice by Scherer were selected for study ...

Commonly used chemical products aren't working as well as they once did, meaning head lice are harder to kill.