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With kids heading back to school, it's time to think about head lice again. Here are tips to get rid of the pests without harsh chemicals. School's out but unfortunately head lice are still in session ...

"Your child has lice." These are words that every parent dreads. Just the thought of lice on anyone's head makes me itch all over my body and want to take a match to my entire house, but when it's my ...

A sesame seed-size parasite that feeds on human blood, the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is a nuisance known around the world. These tiny insects infest human hair and can also sometimes be ...

You may have survived the school year lice-free. But that doesn't mean parents can let down their guard over the summer. The experts at Consumer Reports say lice can spread just as easily at sleepaway ...

A few months ago, just before the end of first grade, Sara’s daughter mentioned that one of her friends had been sent home from school with head lice. Luckily, when officials at the charter school ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The kids are headed back to school, and one friend you don't want them to bring home is lice. Head lice (Pediculosis humanus capitis) are tiny, wingless parasitic insects that ...

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 ...