WHILE most parents will be jumping for joy as their kids go back to school next month, there is one thing they dread, nits. The pesky little critters seem to make a comeback every time the kids head ...

PROWLING around her son’s bedroom, torch in hand, Holly Stevens’ heart is racing. Forget hidden sweets or forbidden late-night screen time – what Holly is hunting for is more serious… and it’s ...

At one time, schools took a hard-line approach to head lice. Infected child were likely to be sent home immediately and their classmates' families informed of possible exposure. Some schools might ...

Say the words “super lice” and you might cause nightmares for parents who have experience ridding children’s heads of the tiny critters that like to establish veritable cities on our scalps. But ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)established diagnosis and treatment guidelines forpediculosis in 2002. Ideally, diagnosis should bebased on the observation of a live louse. The presenceof nits ...