Head lice transmission usually takes place through direct head-to-head contact with an infested individual, "which frequently occurs during activities like sports, sleepovers or other playful ...

Head lice are parasitic insects that burrow to the root of people’s hair and suck the blood from their scalps. While many parents have to treat their children, knowing how to find and remove ...

A traveler who said he or she was flying on Delta asked social media users which is worse, "aisle lice" or "gate lice," when it comes to dealing with fellow passengers.

Usually, when your child gets head lice, you desperately try every method to try and kill them, ASAP. But one Aussie mom has taken the opposite approach — she doesn’t want to harm the nits AT ALL.

Getting rid of lice can also be easier to do if you discover them before they've proliferated too much. "Head lice are best diagnosed by finding a live nymph or louse on the scalp," says Ritchie.

Students with head lice should be allowed to go to school, a new report says. They shouldn’t be kept from the classroom, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Leaving kids with lice in school might sound outrageous to those who were banned from classrooms in decades past, but experts say it’s a reflection of our changing understanding of lice. For ...

Having lice in your hair just isn’t that urgent of a condition, she said. “It doesn't carry any additional diseases. It's just really a nuisance,” she added.