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 ...

Health experts at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) say children don't have to be sent home from school if they have head lice. The Illinois-based association of pediatricians issued a clinical ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wet-combing a child's hair may be the best way to determine if he or she has an active case of head lice, German researchers report. Dr. Claudia Jahnke of the City Health ...

Johnston County teachers will start an organized checking of their students for lice when classes resume next week. The school system's "no nit" policy goes into effect a week from today. Children ...

Norma LeRoy, 36, left, and Alice Johnson, 42, hold their daughters, ages 7 and 12, in Valentine City Park. LeRoy and Johnson filed a lawsuit against Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools after the girls’ hair ...