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Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to ...

School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Head lice affect more than 100 million people worldwide annually. Permethrin (1% formulation) is efficacious but resistance is emerging. Malathion (0.5% formulation) is an alternative, but ...

Commonly used chemical products aren't working as well as they once did, meaning head lice are harder to kill.

Children worldwide are commonly infected with head lice, or pediculosis capitis. The epidemiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and preventive and treatment modalities for ...