Getting rid of body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis) involves multiple rounds of laundry and bathing. This article walks you ...

Papers from the CDC highlights public health concerns over the difficulty of identifying and treating B. quintana among ...

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays ...

First-line treatments include scabicides for patients with common scabies and their close contacts. Scabies, bedbug, and body lice infestations should be treated with decontamination measures.

Itching occurs as an allergic reaction to the louse bites. This article explains how head lice form, their symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Head lice are insects that live on the surface of a host ...

You know they don’t cause disease,” the landlord told me. The second criterion is that bedbugs are capable of transmitting ...

Lice infestations can pose a tough and often embarrassing problem for both kids and adults. Despite the availability of various treatment solutions, a lice comb is often not given due consideration.

On day 15, participants with persistent infestation were switched to the alternative treatment. The primary endpoint was absence of live head lice on day 15; secondary outcomes were absence of ...

dry skin around the body. Mollen said her head had been itching for about two weeks at that point. "And honestly, I think I ...

Actress Jenny Mollen is itching to make sure everyone knows she didn’t realize she had head lice until she was already on her recent five-hour flight. Mollen, whose husband is “American Pie ...