As parents, teachers and children start getting ready for term one, families will be on the lookout for itchy scalps caused ...

SpyNits founder Kate Ricketts says she's heard of parents resorting to drastic measures to get rid of nits, including ...

As lice are most active at night, this can lead to trouble sleeping. Over-the-counter treatments and diligent combing to remove lice and eggs (nits) are usually effective. The first line of treatment ...

There’s never a good time to get the dreaded lice memo from your kids’ school, but if we had to choose one of the worst times ...

Removing some loose hair is one thing, but hairbrushes need to be fully cleaned and sanitized if you want to maintain beautiful hair.

Lice are a common winter problem in cattle, with cold weather and short winter days. Summer heat, sunlight, and short hair ...

It's not just bird flu that's causing egg prices to soar I wish I had good news about eggs, but alas, I do not. Egg prices are soaring again as the bird flu sweeps the US for the third straight ...

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 ...

Eggs in the shell that are stored at a consistent temperature of 40°F will last three to five weeks. (Getty Images) ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...