Work is continuing to learn how gill lice affect a waterway that flows through Wythe and Smyth counties, and how serious is the infection among the stream’s rainbow trout. The gill lice are tiny, ...

Read full article: ‘Asking not to be forgotten:’ Residents express concern as Rockledge Hospital set to close Between 6 and 12 million children ages 3 through 11 get head lice every year in the U.S., ...

Fisheries biologists with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources recently identified gill lice on rainbow trout in a stream in Southwest Virginia. DWR is now asking anglers to assist us in ...

This will make your skin crawl. Clinicians in China discovered head lice nested in a young boy’s eyelashes when he made a startling trip to the ophthalmologist, according to an entry published in the ...

SMYTH COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – Wildlife officials are asking for Southwest Virginia anglers’ help after finding concerning amounts of a parasite that can be harmful to fish. According to a release and pos ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is telling schools that instead of sending students home when they test positive for head lice, they should just let them ...

Finding a lice infestation in your child's hair can cause panic. Lice are tiny gray insects that feed on your child's blood and can easily be spread to and from other children at school or daycare.

Human lice evolved alongside early humans, adapting to changes like reduced body hair and the development of clothing. While ...

A new study published in the March 30th edition of the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (a publication of the UK's national academy of science) shows that the transfer ...

Increased sea lice infestations, scientists say are caused by salmon farms, threaten the already-vulnerable wild Pacific salmon populations in western Canada, worrying conservationists and First ...