A fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection — that's the cause of the plague — depicted in orange/red in the glands. The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also ...

Any evidence of lice was once reason for immediate dismissal from school, with no return until the student's head was lice free. But "no-nit" policies have been dropped in favor of "nonexclusion" ...

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 ...

If you’ve noticed a bug on your clothes, in your hair, in your kid’s hair, or on your pet, there’s no need to panic, as it might not be a louse. Many insects have a lice-like appearance and are often ...

This number might surprise you. Every year, an estimated 6 million to 12 million children get head lice. As is often the case, when kids get something, parents do as well, and that’s true for lice.

(plague | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a ...