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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As your kids settle back into their classroom routines, you need to be checking more than the schoolwork and teachers' notes they're bringing home. They may also be bringing home ...

One of those annoyances comes in the form of head lice — itchy, bothersome, parasitic insects that live solely on the scalp hair of humans and usually on children 10 and younger. As do all insects, ...

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 ...

With the return to school, you may be hearing people talking about head lice and nits. Lice are tiny insects that live on people's heads, and nits are the eggs they hatch from, found close to the ...

LOWELL -- Winter. The season for hats, scarves and hugging and taking photos with friends and family also beckons head lice. The six-legged insects use the close contact to climb from one head to ...

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 ...