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?

It’s important to remove adult lice and eggs that haven’t hatched before they can produce an even bigger infestation. It’s possible to prevent lice eggs from hatching if you treat or remove them at ...

The itchiness, irritation, and the incessant scratching caused by the small bugs on your scalp and hair make head lice a nuisance at best and at worst, well—they’re the worst. Head lice feed on blood ...

Veternarian Kirk Ramsey says to reduce lice risk and create control measures, understanding the life cycle of lice and targeting application times are paramount.

Myths die hard. When we were children, lice were considered a sign of slovenliness. Memories of kerosene shampoos and short haircuts still send shivers down parents' spines. Even these days, most ...

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 ...

Figure 1. Fossilized nits of chewing lice, tightly affixed to feathers of an enantiornithine bird, entombed in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. (a) Isolated barbs and regularly arranged ...

Human DNA can be extracted from the ‘cement’ head lice used to glue their eggs to hairs thousands of years ago, scientists have found, which could provide an important new window into the past. In a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, USA, November 13, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The grooming products manufacturer JG&JG has developed the Fast ‘n Clean Lice Comb — a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CARLSBAD, Calif. — An uptick of lice ...

The remnants of lice infestations found on ancient mummies can unlock the DNA of those that lived thousands of years ago, said research published by Molecular Biology and Evolution on Tuesday. It's ...

For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from the sticky glue head lice use to attach their eggs to their host's hair. The new technique was trialled on mummified remains and ...