3. Health Tip: Detecting Head Lice - US News and World Report
Carefully inspect the scalp and hair

4. Health Tip: Thwarting Head Lice - US News and World Report
Suggestions to stop their spread

5. Schools are struggling with how to handle lice - US News and World Report
Two weeks ago, parents of 26 children at Candler Elementary in North Carolina got the dreaded call: Lice! Come get your child, and keep him home until every last egg, or nit, is gone. At Chabot Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., meanwhile, even c...

6. Head lice  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Head lice are tiny insects that live on the scalp. They can be spread by close contact with other people. These lice only live in hair and occasionally eyebrows and eyelashes. See also: Body lice; Pubic lice.• Reviewer: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

7. Lice Infestation  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
A lice infestation, or pediculosis, is caused by parasites living on human skin. Lice are tiny, wingless insects with sucking mouthparts that feed on human blood and lay eggs on body hair or in clothing. Lice bites can cause intense itching .• Author: Rebecca J. Frey PhD, Margaret Alic PhD