The exact moment a woman removes head lice from a girl's hair has gone viral on TikTok. Kliim/iStock/Getty Images Plus. So far, the clip has racked up more than 366,000 ...

Actress Jenny Mollen said on Instagram that she learned she had head lice while on an airplane, sparking social media users to sound off. A lice expert weighs in.

Girls are more likely to be carry head lice than boys. Long hair means it's easier for the head lice to hitch a ride. Head lice don't jump or fly, they move from head to head via direct contact.

Author and wife of actor Jason Biggs, Jenny Mollen, says she thought her itching was caused by “perimenopause symptoms” and discovered on the plane that it was a lice infestation ...

Head lice don’t prefer clean or unwashed hair. You can get lice no matter how often you shampoo. Learn how to get rid of these parasites. ... Lice also tend to be more common in girls.

Some people believe that girls are more vulnerable to lice than boys because they tend to have longer hair and more head-to-head contact. Each year, around 6–12 million cases of lice occur in ...

Usually, when your child gets head lice, you desperately try every method to try and kill them, ASAP. But one Aussie mom has taken the opposite approach — she doesn’t want to harm the nits AT ...

More girls get head lice -- likely because girls have more physical contact with one another and share more personal articles (such as hats, clothing, combs) that can transmit head lice. Head lice ...

What do you do if your child comes home with head lice. Keep in mind this is a common occurrence, especially with younger children, and lice are easily treated. “It doesn’t have anything to do ...

Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's ...

CDC guidance on head lice and schools Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says kids can stay in school. A pediatrician explains why that makes sense.

Lice don't spread the way you probably think they do. Here's what to know. As school starts back up, so does the number of head lice cases. But humans have been dealing with the parasites for ...