Epidemic typhus is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humankind, and despite advances in modern medicine, it ...

A Bismarck woman whose children reportedly ate a chocolate bar containing hallucinogens is now in custody and facing felony charges.

BAKER COUNTY, Fla. — A Baker County physical education teacher was arrested Thursday after deputies say he taped a student to a chair at Westside Elementary School. Kristopher Waite, 50, was ...

Farmers sprinkled ashes from the family ash pile onto their cattle, supposedly keeping lice away all year ... while bad children supposedly found only pellets of rabbit droppings. In earlier times ...

The bacteria live in the gut of the flea and are excreted in flea feces. When these living bacteria enter the bloodstream of a mammal, infection occurs. Louse Typhus (Epidemic) Epidemic typhus is ...

The short answer? No, topically applying Listerine is unlikely to kill head or body lice. Listerine contains alcohol and essential oils like eucalyptol, menthol, and thymol, which have some ...

Her work has previously appeared in The U.S. Sun. Cailin Hawn Working at a lice clinic wasn’t a career Cailin Hawn had ever imagined for herself. Yet, at 21, it has become a job that has offered ...

People who swap seats on airplanes are now being called 'seat lice' Daniel Frese/Pexels It's a travel etiquette debate that refuses to die: should you swap seats on a plane if someone asks?

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 ...

The Library in Downtown Oklahoma City closed at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday after body lice were discovered in a staff area, library officials say. The library says all areas of the building are being ...