Kids are back in school and some of them might be coming home with more than just homework. A woman known as the “Potomac ...

An engraving on an ancient lice comb might be the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet. The doubled-edged ivory comb, which was excavated in Israel, bears an engraved inscription ...

What Is The CDC's Latest Guidance On Head Lice among Black people? Here's what you need to know to protect yourself.

"When the eggs are laid they're referred to as the nits, but the female louse is what will lay the eggs. "She's quite a big ...

WITH kids back at school now, parents have been urged to be aware of the heightened risk of head lice – but there’s an easy remedy that’s found in your kitchen. Many of us have ...

Instead, you’re looking for actual living lice. They’re tiny, about the size of a sesame seed, and their eggs will be within half an inch of the scalp. Use a louse comb; a typical infestation ...

According to the NHS, the only way to be sure that you or your child has head lice is by finding live nits in your hair. One ...

One of the most unwelcome visitors to any school happens to be one of the smallest, almost unnoticeable that sneaks inside ...

As the new school term begins, parents everywhere brace themselves for the dreaded email from the school office announcing ...

"You can win the war on lice, but you have to have the right weapon," she said. "The drugstore combs are wide so when they're going, you know, through the hair, they're just missing the eggs.

While hair is still wet, use a fine-tooth lice comb to remove larvae, nymphs, and nits, before wiping the comb clean after each pass through the hair. This will ensure you’re not accidentally ...