Summer Camp and Head Lice: Why Every Parent Needs a Prevention Plan

Children with backpacks walk along a wooded path toward a lakeside summer camp on a sunny day. A rustic wooden sign points toward camp, while cabins, kayaks, and campers can be seen near the water in the background. The scene conveys friendship, adventure, and the excitement of summer camp.

Summer camp is one of the highlights of childhood. It offers adventure, new friendships, outdoor activities, and memories that can last a lifetime. Unfortunately, it also creates the perfect environment for the spread of head lice. “Summer camp consistently ranks among the highest-risk social activities for head lice outbreaks that we see as a clinic,”… Read more

Spring Break Travel and Head Lice: 5 Tips for Families

Family on spring break

Keep your family itch-free this spring break! Spring break is right around the corner, and for many families that means travel, beach days, sightseeing, and making memories together. Whether you’re heading somewhere warm, visiting relatives, or taking a long-planned family vacation, travel also means increased interaction with new people and environments. While most families think… Read more

Head Lice at School

Head lice at school. Has it ever happened to you? How do you deal with it? This post is in respond to the new policies in Washington state on head lice. The article “Should kids with head lice be allowed at school?” on CBS News talks about the “more” lenient” head lice policies at school that… Read more

Help your Family Prevent Head Lice

Help your family prevent head lice by following some tips we gave our friends at WCCO this morning.   Edward Moody from WCCO, stopped over (along with Dave) to our Hopkins head lice center location to learn a few tips on how to prevent head lice. Christina demonstrated how our FDA cleared medical device works and… Read more

Heading Back-to-School Head Lice Free

  Back-to-school is the time of the year where parents need to be aware of head lice. As kids go back to school, they may be bringing home more in their backpacks than their school books this September. They’re creepy, they’re crawly and they’re much more than an inconvenience. Ask any parent who has ever… Read more