With the return to school, lots of you may be hearing people talking about head lice and nits, but what do we actually know about them?

Transmission of head lice among toddlers and children is common and is often the result of close and frequent head or hair contact. Toys, furniture, carpets and clothing can all offer temporary ...

White or clear nits mean lice have hatched from their eggs. Brown nits may mean the lice are ready to hatch, but they may also be dead, depending on how far away from the scalp they are. Head lice are ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an easier method of killing lice and their eggs in hair," said an inventor, from La Marque, Texas, "so I invented the BLUE LICE REMOVAL.

Head lice are tiny insects that feed on blood from the human scalp. They are are very common in young children and their families. A head lice infestation isn't a sign of poor personal hygiene or an ...

Claws of the louse that afflicts human scalps fit neatly around a single human hair. Louse eggs stick to hair shafts with a sort of glue. Maybe... At the end of spring break, your kids might be ...

GETTING head lice is unfortunately a common part of childhood - with most kids in the UK suffering around the age of seven or eight. But, luckily, there are some easy solutions parents can try to ease ...

This was quite louse-y. An Australian hairdresser shocked social media users with a now-viral video showing a client’s massive lice infestation. Rachel Maroun posted the TikTok last month — which has ...

THE sight of your child scratching their head is something many parents dread in the first weeks of the new school term. Unfortunately, head lice are a very common ailment, especially in kids aged ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For generations, children with signs of head lice were summarily sent home by the school nurse, to their shame. Now schools have become less nitpicky. With the backing of some major ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District has dropped its head lice policy in favor of one that is more lenient, allowing students to miss much less school because of the pesky condition. But that ...