'Help, my kids keep getting head lice!' Here's how to break the cycle of nits

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
'Help, my kids keep getting head lice!' Here's how to break the cycle of nitsNathan Dumlao/Unsplash

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to face.

Primary school-aged children, who seem to always be in close proximity to one another, are the most susceptible to lice.

But by exploiting the screen-sharing and selfie-taking habits of tweens and...

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