Consumer health: Back to school means head lice
For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some families, though, returning to school also means unpleasant, unwelcome guests: head lice.
Aug 24, 2023
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For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some families, though, returning to school also means unpleasant, unwelcome guests: head lice.
Aug 24, 2023
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Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face.
Jun 14, 2023
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Head lice are ubiquitous still, so there's a good chance your son or daughter could develop an infestation. Now, the nation's leading pediatrics group is issuing new guidelines to help schools and families cope.
Sep 27, 2022
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An estimated 6–12 million infestations of head lice occur each year in the U.S. among children ages three to 11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Aug 25, 2022
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We think we know a lot about Australian and New Zealand soldiers' health in the first world war. Many books, novels and television programs speak of wounds and war doctors, documenting the work of both Anzac nations' medical ...
Apr 23, 2021
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South Africa's health products regulator on Wednesday approved the "controlled" use of anti-parasitic agent ivermectin on humans, reversing a decision to ban the drug last month over unproven claims that it can treat COVID-19.
Jan 27, 2021
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A disease common during the First World War, trench fever, has been found in some urban populations experiencing homelessness in Canada, and physicians should be aware of this potentially fatal disease, highlights a practice ...
Dec 7, 2020
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A new prescription head lice treatment, developed by University of Melbourne Associate Professor Vern Bowles, has been given Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, allowing it to be sold in the U.S..
Aug 4, 2020
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Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case this year ...
Jul 20, 2020
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A new school year, and another battle between bloodsucking parasites and the kids they love to live on.
Jan 29, 2019
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Lice (singular: louse) is the common name for over 3,000 species of wingless insects of the order Phthiraptera; three of which are classified as human disease agents. They are obligate ectoparasites of every avian and mammalian order except for monotremes (the platypus and echidnas), bats, whales, dolphins, porpoises and pangolins.
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