School nurses often are the first healthcare professionalsto diagnose lice infestations in children.Although lice do not transmit disease, many schoolssend children home if they detect live head lice.

Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom. And some school nurses are no longer ...

(WGN) – With social distancing and canceled camps and classes, pediatricians are seeing fewer cases of lice. But doctors warn parents they need to be on the lookout for the tiny bugs that have ...

Elkhart County Health Department officials have had recent calls from parents concerned about head lice. Lice can appear on the cleanest and most well-cared-for children. It just takes head-to-head ...

A person can take steps to find, prevent, and treat head lice. To check their own scalp for live head lice and eggs, a person can use a mirror, a fine comb, and check for lice, which may look like ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. With social distancing and canceled camps ...

(WGN) – With social distancing and canceled camps and classes, pediatricians are seeing fewer cases of lice. But doctors warn parents they need to be on the lookout for the tiny bugs that have ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGN) – With social distancing and canceled ...