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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?

Head lice are considered a nuisance — a pest to be evicted from the hair on your head or the head of a loved one with a special comb or shampoo. But there's more to lice than their elimination. These ...

I wish that 16-year-old boy could have known the truth: Having lice doesn’t mean I’m dirty. “Human lice don’t care how often the hair is cleaned, washed, combed, or brushed,” Pollack says. “I’ve seen ...

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 ...

A new study shows how the annoying little louse has hitchhiked around the world with humans and has much to teach us about history. Lice DNA is a revealing textbook of human history Head lice are ...