Archive for June, 2009

Before Summer Camps Throw Open Doors, Girding for Swine Flu – New York Times

Monday, June 29th, 2009

New York Times
Before Summer Camps Throw Open Doors, Girding for Swine Flu
New York Times
The medical staff was adding new questions about fevers and coughs to the opening-day health screenings, which traditionally target head lice.

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Lousy with Lice – The Daily Sound

Friday, June 26th, 2009
Lousy with Lice
The Daily Sound
A quick stop at the drug store to pick up lice shampoo made my head hurt even more. Product names like Pronto, RID, LiceMD and Nix shouted at me from the

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Lice Removal Service Gets Nit Picky In California and Oregon – PR Web (press release)

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Lice Removal Service Gets Nit Picky In California and Oregon
PR Web (press release)
Nit Picky Lice Removal Service (www.pickyournits.com) offers parents an effective solution to treat head lice and nits in the privacy of their homes through

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Smithsonian opens Folklife Festival on Mall – Examiner.com

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Smithsonian opens Folklife Festival on Mall
Examiner.com
African American Culture" area of the festival, storyteller Victoria Burnett of California told an audience about being one of the only black girls at her childhood school, and realizing how lucky she was to be spared from a breakout of head lice.

Smithsonian Opens Folklife Festival On Mall – WJZ

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Smithsonian Opens Folklife Festival On Mall
WJZ, MD
African American Culture" area of the festival, storyteller Victoria Burnett of California told an audience about being one of the only black girls at her childhood school, and realizing how lucky she was to be spared from a breakout of head lice.

The Hairforce: Award Winning Head Lice Assassins! – Inventorspot

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
The Hairforce: Award Winning Head Lice Assassins!
Inventorspot
Yes, the Hairforce is a business based on killing, and they are assassins of sorts since they specialize in those disgusting critters that dwell in hair; lice, nits and whatever else latches on to its unsuspecting victims. With their emergency response

Mum never beaten – Where I Live – News Community Media

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Where I Live – News Community Media
Mum never beaten
Where I Live – News Community Media, Australia
Ms Paterson said head lice were the most frustrating of all the human parasites. “Statistics say that at any time one in four school children suffer with head lice and 80 per cent of lice have built up a resistance to most products on the market,” she

Lice don't take summer off – Deseret News

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Lice don't take summer off
Deseret News, UT
We found, on Day One, 21 cases of lice. These are kids who are going to spend four weeks together; they're together 24/7." Head lice have nothing to do with cleanliness or housekeeping, says Barbara Frankowski, a pediatrician at the Vermont Children's
School's out, but lice don't take summer off The Tennessean
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School's out, but lice don't take summer off – The Tennessean

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
School's out, but lice don't take summer off
The Tennessean, TN
Abby Irwin is manager and lead technician at the Nashville office of Lice Solutions Resource Network Inc., a Florida-based head lice treatment organization. She said her staff spends much of the summer going to day cares and camps to do nit-picking and

Eight movies your dad might like if he has head lice – Pegasus News

Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Eight movies your dad might like if he has head lice
Pegasus News, TX
Anyway, I figure: people want head lice? We'll give 'em head lice. And here's a nice dust mite thrown in for good measure, just in case that's the way your arthropod-philia rolls. The following movies are all notable for subject matter involving