Head lice move rapidly, traveling up to 23 cm/min ... and the eggs are deposited at the base of the hair shafts, within 1–2 mm of the scalp. The nit is attached with a highly insoluble cement.

Long hair means it's easier for the head lice to hitch a ride. Head lice don't jump or fly, they move from head to head via direct contact. Head lice come home with your children because they ...

A HARIDRESSER has gone viral after finding months' worth of lice hidden in a girl’s hair. Rachel Maroun is a head lice technician, spending hours a day removing nits from children's and adults ...

And if your hair is thinning ... Although the nits can be confused with dandruff, when you see adult lice moving around your ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- “Super lice,” as too many parents likely know, have become the most common headache in the battle to keep scalps and hair critter ... an estimated 82% of head lice were ...

These match-head sized insects are happy so long as there is a nice warm scalp from which they can suck a little blood before laying their eggs on the shaft of a nearby hair. Lice move from one ...

As kids head back to school and parents focus on, packing lunches, and setting routines, one common problem often gets ...