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I’m a pediatrician and a mom - here’s how to treat lice without stigma

2026-10-14T12:18:23.000Z

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From The Conversation · Health

  • Headlice have a high ick factor, but thankfully but these insects aren't dangerous and don't spread disease.
  • Catherine DELAHAYE/Photononstop via Getty Images Four words that parents in the classroom group chat dread to read: ‘My kid has lice.’
Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Photo: David P Howard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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  1. The Conversation · Health — I’m a pediatrician and a mom - here’s how to treat lice without stigma