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?

A worrying 98% of nits in America are now resistant to the over-the-counter head lice treatments, according to new evidence. The boom of the “super nit” in the USA is becoming an increasing concern ...

Less than a third (30%) of people with head lice are said to experience itching. (Posed by a model, Getty Images) Children across the UK are gradually returning to the classroom, many for the first ...

A few months ago, just before the end of first grade, Sara’s daughter mentioned that one of her friends had been sent home from school with head lice. Luckily, when officials at the charter school ...

When parents and officials of St. Helens Elementary School in Longview, Wash., gathered recently in the school gym, they didn’t discuss controversial books or bloated budgets. Instead, the anxious ...

Kids might not be socialising in classrooms right now, but that doesn’t mean head lice aren’t doing the rounds. If just reading that sentence has made you itchy, you’re not alone. And it turns out ...

ZANESVILLE - There was a time when health departments across the nation were diligent about controlling the population of head lice. Health care workers would routinely visit schools and do head ...

Deborah Z. Altschuler is the president of the National Pediculosis Association, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, which sells a comb designed to remove lice. Updated October 27, 2015, 11:21 AM ...