Head lice are extremely common, especially in children, but anyone can get them. Getting lice doesn’t mean anything about your personal hygiene or living circumstances, and you have plenty of options ...

You think your job’s lousy? A 21-year-old woman is going viral on TikTok after admitting her full-time job is killing scalp-loving critters. Rachel Maroun, from Sydney, Australia, revealed to her ...

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 ...

Have lice been bugging your family lately? You’re not alone. Professional delousers in NYC and the surrounding areas say they have seen an unfortunate uptick in outbreaks of these icky, hair-residing ...

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 ...

As kids head back to school, an unlucky few will likely bring home some unwanted guests – head lice. If you remember being sent home when the school nurse found lice in your hair, you might be ...

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 ...

Laney Morello's daughter was upset about killing the lice on her head, so they agreed to have a lice funeral ...

Head lice have plagued communities for centuries across the world. They have evolved — and traveled — with humans to continually survive and find new hosts. Now, a new study suggests lice DNA can help ...

If you've ever parented elementary school-aged children, you know that a call you want to avoid is one from the school nurse notifying you that your child has been exposed to head lice. If such a call ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Head lice are most commonly spread by close person-to-person contact, according to the CDC. (Getty Images) (freemixer via Getty ...

Sports, camps, sleepovers, and family vacations make the summer a perfect time for head lice to thrive. But as kids gather together, don’t scratch your head trying to figure out what to do about the ...