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What is about lice that makes even the most even-keeled person feel panicky?

A green clean lice fighting team: that’s LiceDoctors. We won’t say we are going green because that is how we have always been.

Occasionally at LiceDoctors, we get a call from someone who describes symptoms of either body lice or pubic lice. While we are experts in head lice, we are not experts in body or pubic lice and, therefore, we recommend that those callers contact their doctor.

How to tell if you have bed bugs or lice? Here are the signs that help you differentiate between the pests to avoid spending money on unnecessary treatment.

Several Schools Across U.S. Drop Their “No Nit” Head Lice Policies. A new trend is creeping across the country; schools are dropping their “no nit” lice policies.

Seattle School Lice Policy Tends Towards Leniency

There is great variation in school head lice policies across the country. One district may have a strict “no nit” policy while the neighboring town may have a far more lenient policy regarding readmission to school after a lice diagnosis.

School head lice policies are determined on a district by district basis.

LiceDoctors Reports on School Head Lice Policies--Metro Boston, MA Because the Boston metro area has so many cities and towns, it is especially diverse.

The California Department of Public Health, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Centers for Disease Control all recommend that students with nits be allowed to remain in school and the children with lice lice be allowed to remain in school until the end of the day.