In regard to school management, the new guidance reiterates its assertion that children should not be excluded from school or school...

Both fleas and lice are blood sucking ectoparasites that live on animals as well as on humans. I often get queries from readers asking...

According to the research of R. Hoeppli, ancient Chinese medicine used lice to cure “high fever and severe headaches as if the skull is...

Even though they are extremely small, both lice and their eggs can be seen with the naked eye. A single female produces between 80 and...

It was late at night, the tail end of Thanksgiving break. As a teacher, every child’s holiday is my own. I anticipate spring break and...

There are few things in this world that send a shiver down a parent’s spine more than the dreaded words, “Your child has head lice.” You...

Two words parents dread hearing--head lice. Head lice are parasites that can be found on the heads of people, most common among preschool...

I am phobic, phobic about head lice! I have been since I was a child. Turns out, I probably work in the worst profession for someone...

Have you ever noticed how motherhood has a way of making you feel guilty about random things, like going to the bathroom by yourself?...

Strolling a main street in my neighborhood, chatting on the phone with my slow-speaking, aging dad, I muttered, embarrassed, “We have…...

Head Lice 101: The Basics NEVER apply pesticides to any classroom, bus, furniture, clothing or student in an attempt to control head...

Here are two words that strike fear in the heart of every parent: head lice. The very thought that tiny blood-sucking, parasitic bugs are...

f you’re a parent, you’ve probably gotten the dreaded call from the school nurse, letting you know that your child has lice. It happened...

Lice Few phrases can make a parent recoil faster than “head lice.” Nobody wants their child anywhere near someone who has been diagnosed...

It had been fairly stressful at work that day, and I could feel my blood pressure surge as I checked my email and read the ominous...

Summer is nearly upon us, and for many children in the United States, the season is about enjoying sun, sand, summer camp and sleepovers....

The bell is about to ring for the first time for the upcoming school year, meaning maladies, ailments and other health nuisances are...

When you became a parent, you probably never imagined yourself hunting for lice in your child's hair. But that's just what you (or...

It can be a bit of a shock, the first time you hear that a case of head lice has been reported in your child’s class. Possibly worse is...

What one mom learned after a fateful hair appointment… It all started as a normal visit to a kids’ haircut salon. I’d landed simultaneous...