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As children return to classrooms, parents are grappling with a familiar, unwelcome guest: head lice. While schools are not the sole source of transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they could also be bringing home a tiny nuisance ...

Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student’s head was lice-free. But what are known as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of ...

Evelyn Thompson of Lice Is Simple, a treatment company in Nashville, Tenn., checks the head of a student at a preschool that experienced an outbreak affecting at least 13 children over the summer.

Chrissy Teigen shared a random school memory on Twitter Wednesday night, and it got plenty of people talking. "Omg I just casually mentioned I was checked for scoliosis all throughout elementary ...

Any evidence of lice was once reason for immediate dismissal from school, with no return until the student's head was lice free. But "no-nit" policies have been dropped in favor of "nonexclusion" ...

Lice Happens Atlanta, a dedicated lice treatment clinic serving families across the greater Atlanta metropolitan area, is bringing attention to a measurable rise in head lice cases reported throughout ...