Between locating the P.E. kit, managing new term anxiety and getting to grips with the updated clubs and pick-up schedule, the first week back at school is a lot. So that almost inevitable email about ...

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 ...

Head lice affect millions of children every year. Schoolchildren are commonly affected by head lice, which attach to hair and feed on human blood. Although head lice are a year-round problem, the ...

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 ...

MAKE THE BEST CHOICES WHEN FACING LICE. IT’S OFTEN A FAMILY AFFAIR WHEN IT COMES TO COLDS, FLU, AND EVEN HEAD LICE. JUST LIKE ITCHING MY HEAD AND I’M LIKE, I WAS LIKE, THAT IS DEFINITELY A BUG. JUST ...

Lice have been bugging humans for as long as our species has been around, and the insects’ genes record the story of their hosts’ global voyages, a study finds. Lice DNA suggests that the scalp ...