It's most common for children to get lice through head-to-head contact. Here's what you should know to prevent the spread of lice.

A scabby, flaky scalp can be a result of a problem that may go away in a few days, like contact dermatitis, or something more ...

The itchiness, irritation, and the incessant scratching caused by the small bugs on your scalp and hair make head lice a nuisance at best and at worst, well—they’re the worst. Head lice feed on blood ...

The back-to-school season, as exciting and relieving as it can be for parents, also means the start of the dreaded lice infestations. It's estimated that around 12 million cases of head lice ...

Becky Boudreau, a head lice technician in New Hampshire ... a lice infestation in children who have a high pain tolerance or are less reactive to insect bites. There is no set number of lice that ...

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to ...

Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they could also be bringing home a tiny nuisance ...