Back in the '80s, I was part of a generation of schoolchildren who lined up in front of the nurse's office to have our little noggins checked for lice. The nurses used elongated toothpicks to part our ...

Head lice infestations are a common part of childhood, but parents still dread getting a letter from their children's schools saying they need to check their kids for the little insects. Head lice are ...

Evelyn Thompson of Lice Is Simple, a treatment company in Nashville, Tenn., checks the head of a student at a preschool that experienced an outbreak affecting at least 13 children over the summer.

HOUSTON — Students with head lice don't have to be sent home from school, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guidance says for students to be sent home at ...

Many people think of school nurses as the people in a school building responsible for patching up a scraped knee, confirming a fever and checking students for lice. It’s not that they don’t do those ...

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" ...

If you've ever parented elementary school-aged children, you know that a call you want to avoid is one from the school nurse notifying you that your child has been exposed to head lice. If such a call ...

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