CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new study finds lice is becoming resistant to over the counter treatments, making head lice tougher to deal with. "It is a nuisance it can be an expensive nuisance and it's a ...

ARVADA, Colo. -- Super lice are multiplying at disturbing rates across the country. A new study, soon to be published in the Journal of Epidemiology, found the resistant bugs now exist in 48 states.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- “Super lice,” as too many parents likely know, have become the most common headache in the battle to keep scalps and hair critter-free. But hope exists for removing the mutant pests.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In tablet form, ivermectin is used to treat some parasitic worms in humans. It can also be used as a cream to treat parasites such ...

Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they could also be bringing home a tiny nuisance ...

Parents are used to getting the dreaded "lice letter" and clearing their calendars, not just their kids' scalps. So when a ...

Governor Kim Reynolds is proposing that Iowa join a handful of other states that have made it legal for pharmacists to make over-the-counter sales of ivermectin. […] ...

Prescription medication may be needed to treat some attacks by lice, which scientists say have now become resistant to over-the-counter treatments in California and 24 other states. Researchers ...

Here's why many over-the-counter treatments won't get rid of lice Lice can be hard to get rid of. In fact, head lice are now resistant to many over-the-counter treatments. Turns out, lice are a ...

Evelyn Thompson of Lice Is Simple, a treatment company in Nashville, Tenn., checks the head of a student at a preschool that experienced an outbreak affecting at least 13 children over the summer.