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 number of cases usually peaks during back-to ...

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.

In a recent case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and ...

(via TEDEd) 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 lice and their sticky eggs, have been found among the ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

A TikToker who boasted about receiving £2K UK benefits living abroad is now being “fed rats” in a Thai prison after ...

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 ...

Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during ...