With the return to school, lots of you may be hearing people talking about head lice and nits, but what do we actually know ...

Myths die hard. When we were children, lice were considered a sign of slovenliness. Memories of kerosene shampoos and short haircuts still send shivers down parents' spines. Even these days, most ...

Children have returned to school, and some parents are concerned they could be bringing home a tiny nuisance — lice ...

To get rid of lice, you can use treatment methods like special combing, shampoos, and creams designed to kill lice.

Head lice are most commonly spread by close person-to-person contact, according to the CDC. (Getty Images) Head lice have been a dreaded parasite for years, with some schools temporarily shutting down ...

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical products ...

Uncontrollable itching. Sleepless nights. Incredible stench. Uh oh, it looks like you could have a head lice infestation. Where would you get the lice from? How fast would these little critters breed ...

Most people with a lice infestation will find less than 10 lice on their heads. However, infestations can become severe if untreated. A lice infestation (pediculosis) can make you feel like your head ...

Though we strongly recommend removal of all nits, we don’t have a no-nit policy,” said Adelson. “There is a lot of controversy about head lice because it is noticed in the schools and the amount of ...

Back in the '80s, I was part of a generation of schoolchildren who lined up in front of the nurse's office to have our little noggins checked for lice. The nurses used elongated toothpicks to part our ...

Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student’s head was lice-free. But what are known as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of ...

Head lice have been a dreaded parasite for years, with some schools temporarily shutting down over lice outbreaks. But while many schools and day care facilities have a policy that someone with lice ...