A three-year-old girl found dead on the floor in a squalid, cockroach-infested flat in regional NSW was known to ...

Parents want tighter rules related to head lice in schools to help prevent the spread of lice. FALL RIVER — No more than 30 cases of head lice in the Fall River Public Schools district have been ...

Head lice are tiny bugs that attach themselves to body hair ... anti-inflammatories but also determine if some other condition is causing your itchy scalp symptoms. If you’re feeling itchy, learn ...

It’s important to know how to identify bug bites, as getting bitten by some of these annoying critters can mean needing a ...

It’s the summer time and the weather is fine, but only up to a point. Those hot August nights are great for spending time ...

A beach day is a rite of passage during the summer months. While it’s wonderful to lie out in the sun with a cold beverage and a new book, or cool off in the ocean, beaches come with some surprising ...

Sea lice can be found along the entire North Carolina coast, The N&O previously reported. Each summer, thimble jellyfish make ...

A head louse, or Pediculus humanus capitis, is a tiny, wingless parasite that attaches to a person’s hair and feeds on their blood. Head lice live their entire life cycles on an individual’s ...

What are sea lice? Experts explain how to treat itchy, stinging rashes from the tiny sea creatures filling South Carolina ...

Although head lice have evolved the ability to close their breathing spiracles upon exposure to potentially suffocating substances, benzyl alcohol 5% lotion stuns these spiracles open, so that the ...

Permethrin 1% cream rinse (Nix) Apply to damp hair after shampooing, leave on 10 minutes, rinse. Repeat in 7–10 days. May cause mild irritation. Pyrethrins 0.33% shampoo, lotion (Rid, Pronto, A ...