School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Head lice are small, flat, six-leg, blood-sucking, wingless insects about 2–4 mm long that live, reproduce and feed on the human scalp. Head lice have been surviving in humans for millions of ...

Head lice are tiny six-legged insects that are only found in the hair on a human's head—most commonly in the hair of primary school-aged children. Head lice have been a constant companion for ...

For as long as humans have had lice, we’ve fought hard to get rid of them. Nit combs, the fine-tooth brushes used to remove ...

Head lice are tiny six-legged insects that are only found in the hair on a human’s head – most commonly in the hair of primary school-aged children. Head lice have been a constant companion ...

Commonly used chemical products aren't working as well as they once did, meaning head lice are harder to kill.

There are 532 species of lice out there, but let's take a look at the most common type that plagues humans: Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis). For starters, they have six legs, and each one ...

Head lice infestation is a fairly common problem globally, with 6–12 million cases in children ages 3–11 reported annually in the US alone, [1] and is typically observed in the school-aged ...

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 number of cases usually peaks during back-to ...

The wax layer of the epicuticle (outer layer) is composed of a matrix of hydrocarbons, and four specific hydrocarbons identified to be consistent among head lice by Scherer were selected for study ...