Head lice move rapidly, traveling up to 23 cm/min, by grasping hairs and generally remaining close to the scalp (Ko & Elston, 2004). The female head louse lays eggs at night and can produce as ...

Permethrin 1% cream rinse (Nix) Apply to damp hair after shampooing, leave on 10 minutes, rinse. Repeat in 7–10 days. May cause mild irritation. Pyrethrins 0.33% shampoo, lotion (Rid, Pronto, A ...

This is a true story. It’s in a file at the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage. On May 2, 2025, the Alaska Supreme Court issued a ...

Courts are supposed to check abuses of power — not enable them. In a case involving an Alaska woman, they did neither.

In theory, yes, since the lice that dwell in our hair are specifically adapted to this habitat and can’t survive in the fur of other animals. So if no one had any hair, the itchy critters would ...

An itchy scalp may be related to your hair-washing schedule, but may stem from various other causes, including skin ...

Head lice live in all types of hair, whether it’s curly, straight, dyed or natural. Step 1: Know How Head Lice Spread Before you start treatment, understand how your child could have gotten head lice.

A Change.org petition started by Taylor Ferreira is backed by 36 signers, and details the events related to their daughter contracting head lice in what they describe as a “distressing ...

And if your kid becomes a statistic, olive oil can actually help smother, kill and remove lice eggs from a child’s head, according to Northwell Health pediatrician Dr. Lauren Adler.

Combining castor oil and eggs creates a potent hair mask, leveraging castor oil's moisturizing and circulation-boosting properties with eggs' protein-rich nourishment. This DIY treatment aims to ...

Typhus can be transmitted by infected fleas, mites and lice that live on small animals like dogs, cats, rats, mice and squirrels, and can be carried by humans on their skin, hair and clothes.