Pubic lice cause intense itching and sensations of crawling in the genital area. You can treat pubic lice with lotions like 1 ...

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and whose ...

While ticks are similar to lice in that they prefer consuming human blood, they’re actually arachnids and don’t stay attached to your body. There are other differences. Lice are a type of insect that ...

Head lice spread quickly through direct head-to-head contact. They are more common in children, spreading easily in group settings such as preschool or elementary school. A head louse, or Pediculus ...

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: ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health, parenting, and general health and ...