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 is not considered a communicable disease, because lice do not carry disease," said the Director of Community ...

There's a new super bug in town trying to take over our kids' heads. Well, at least their hair. It's "super lice," and they are on the rise. Thanks to a genetic mutation, super lice are resistant ...

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 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 ...

The last decade has seen a flood of mitochondrial genomics data on lice and other insects. This data bolsters studies related to properly identifying and classifying insect species and developing ...

and the authors suggest that this type of parasite evolved during or before the middle of the Cretaceous period, which occurred 145–66 million years ago. The fossilized insects are similar to ...

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 ...