The bacterial infection, known as Bartonella quintana, or trench fever as it was called during World War I, lives in the feces of body lice and can cause skin lesions, fever and bone pain.

With kids back in the classroom after several weeks off from school, it can also serve as a breeding ground for unwanted ...

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD When your scalp is itchy and white flakes are visible in your hair, you may wonder ...

“If sea lice can be reliably and consistently maintained below the regulatory limits, the industry can scale rapidly to offer ...

Pubic lice can transmit during close physical contact ... Daily or episodic antiviral medications can help prevent the spread of herpes. This infection can pass to a baby during pregnancy or ...

Lice infections are most often seen in younger dogs where there is poor hygiene, poor nutrition and overcrowding. In older dogs it is usually seen with some other debilitating disease. Lice ...

First thing's first. Sea lice aren't lice at all. They're tiny baby jellyfish, so small you can't even see them -- about the size of a grain of pepper. And just like their grownup counterparts ...

Video / NZ Herald One of Auckland’s most popular cityside beaches is now on a sea lice watchlist as the small marine animals with a sting that can cause rashes spread further along the eastern ...