Head lice are most commonly spread by close person-to-person contact, according to the CDC. (Getty Images) Head lice have been a dreaded parasite for years, with some schools temporarily shutting down ...

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Picture this, it’s 1998 and you’re called to the principal’s office. Not because you flung paper clips at the substitute teacher again, but because your deskmate who has been missing since this ...

"Head lice is not considered a communicable disease, because lice do not carry disease," said the Director of Community Wellness, in Kent County, Mich. Getty The discovery of head lice on a child's ...

Lice combs need more than just a quick rinse under warm water to remove lice and their eggs, also called nits, from your hair. Lice combs can be an effective treatment for head lice infestations. The ...

Health experts at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) say children don't have to be sent home from school if they have head lice. The Illinois-based association of pediatricians issued a clinical ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and whose ...

A purported notice from a school district is going viral after instructing parents to send their kids to school even if they have head lice.

Finding a lice infestation in your child's hair can cause panic. Lice are tiny gray insects that feed on your child's blood and can easily be spread to and from other children at school or daycare.

Picture this, it’s 1998 and you’re called to the principal’s office. Not because you flung paper clips at the substitute teacher again, but because your deskmate who has been missing since this ...