decided Friday by the Alaska Supreme Court (in an opinion by Chief Justice Maassen): A woman with a severe head-lice infestation was detained at a psychiatric hospital while she awaited evaluation ...

Not usually. Head lice have adapted to survive and thrive on your head, not your face. They need an environment like your scalp to grow and reproduce. Very rarely do head lice survive in a beard.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical ...

MAKE THE BEST CHOICES WHEN FACING LICE. IT’S OFTEN A FAMILY AFFAIR WHEN IT COMES TO COLDS, FLU, AND EVEN HEAD LICE. JUST LIKE ITCHING MY HEAD AND I’M LIKE, I WAS LIKE, THAT IS DEFINITELY A BUG.

As school starts back up, so does the number of head lice cases. But humans have been dealing with the parasites for millennia—and that may continue indefinitely. Head lice are some of our ...

ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A 48-year-old Deltona man was killed in a head-on crash in Orange City on Monday morning, according to a news release. Police said they responded to the area of Graves Avenue ...

Head lice can be a wintertime headache for families and schools, but simple precautions can stop the spread of these pesky parasites. Every year, 6 million to 12 million children in the United ...

Instagram users appear to have questions and concerns after actress Jenny Mollen shared a video revealing her itchy head lice discovery while on an airplane. Mollen, who appeared in the film "My ...

Jenny Mollen wears a plastic bag on her head during flight after she realizes she head head lice (Instagram) She explained the flight was “five hours” and that the plastic bag on her head came ...