FARGO - Amanda Bruns doesn’t mind being called a nit picker. It’s her job.The Fargo mother of five is the founder of The Nitty Nurse, a local in-home lice removal service.Bruns, who also works as a ...

Although head-lice infestations most commonly affect school-aged children and their caretakers, I have only ever had lice as a 20-something. My freshman year of college, my boyfriend and I both ...

Many of us have been here: A "my head is itchy" comment from the grade schooler. A sighting of little bugs scrambling on your child's head in the bath. The note home from school. These critters are ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and whose ...

Anyone with children will know what a pain head lice are. The dreaded lice seem to spread like wildfire around the school classroom. No one is immune, teachers, friends, classmates. So what can we do ...

ASHLEY PEACE sighs with dismay as she runs a nit comb through her daughters’ hair for the 12th day in a row. Her two girls, aged nine and 11, caught the lice at school and, despite her spending £40 on ...