When your bathing suit rubs against your skin, it triggers the larvae to sting, releasing toxins. This reaction causes an itchy, red rash known as seabather’s eruption. Sea lice are commonly ...

There are 6-12 million lice infestations in the United States each year. Dandruff occurs when dry skin flakes off the scalp, causing tiny white pieces of dead skin to appear in your hair or clothing.

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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.

Like prescription ivermectin lotion, which paralyzes lice by disrupting their nervous systems. And of course, shaving your head is a cheap and surefire bet, but let's face it, most of us probably ...

Detroit police have been investigating to figure out what led to the death of 2-year-old Amillah Currie and her brother, 9-year-old Darnell Currie, and their findings are now with the Wayne County ...

Sea lice aren't lice at all ... The trouble comes when these babies get caught between your skin and your bathing suit, or even in your hair. About 4-24 hours later, you start to itch and sting.

An experienced South Australian snake catcher has spent a week in hospital after being bitten by a lice-infested snake he was treating with a bath.

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 ...

MACON, Ga. — There have been confirmed cases of lice at the Bibb County Jail, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office says inmates at the Bibb County Jail have been ...

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