Twins Removed From Rat-Infested Home To Remain In State Custody May 30, 2008
The judge called the conditions in the home "deplorable, but evidence shows the parents had "conscious indifference" to caring for their seven children and the judge said he remains unconvinced that enough has changed. When authorities arrived at the dilapidated house July 7, they found stacks of dirty diapers that were nearly 4 feet high in closets. They also found rat, roach and lice infestations. The twins were born May 16. Wednesday's hearing was on whether an emergency removal by CPS... (KWTX.com, TX)
3 Cents Blog May 29, 2008
" I have written to the local superintendent about my wife's school. I have written from him, to the First Lady of the United States, A Senator, A Congressman, the Virginia Department of Education, and a few others I don't remember. Asking each for help with this school. All of them passed the buck to the local school board. I can realize the frustrations of your teacher and his/her problem student. The red tape one has run to get action is impossible to run. There is a non-action, action... (WTKR.com, VA)
Product Review: Parasite Dust May 22, 2008
"Parasite Dust has been highly successful in fighting fleas, ticks, and lice on companion animals," says veterinarian Teresa Garden (, 2005, The Healthy Planet). It attacks them, as well as lesser-known parasites like scabies (also called mange), in four ways. (Suite101.com)
Drummy: Dealing with pediculosis May 22, 2008
Pediculosis is an infestation of the hairy parts of the body or clothing with lice ... Head lice are usually located on the scalp ... Anyone may become lice infected under suitable conditions of exposure. (Stoneham Sun, MA)
Health Dept. offers facts about head lice May 15, 2008
Every parent with children in school should frequently check their children s heads for head lice ... A quick check on the part of the parent can help to catch a case of head lice early on ... Frustration and anxiety run very high among parents who have experienced head lice, and those who feel that it is only a matter of time before they also become victims. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Pediculosis policy heads for passage May 14, 2008
MORRILL A long talk by an area doctor and a short film for school board members put a new policy on head lice back on track ... Head lice appeared this year at Troy Howard Middle School and Captain Albert Stevens School in Belfast and Kermit Nickerson School in Swanville, but Superintendent Bruce Mailloux said it shows up every year in one or more district schools, usually at the elementary school level ... There are new soaps and shampoos and methods of dealing with head lice, he said. (Courier Publications, ME)
Pioneer Middle School students get a visual, interactive look at 1860s May 9, 2008
A few students quivered and scratched their scalps as Jacobsen described that lice got so bad during the war that a soldier's hair might appear to be moving. Melanie Hill, the teacher that initiated the event last year and organized it again this year, showed students at her station the health care tools that were available in those days. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Is Your Toilet Cleaner Than Your Keyboard? May 9, 2008
When these are shared among users they can spread germs and even head lice, said Which. Sources: Which. (Medical News Today)
City putting 'sting' on pesky mosquitoes May 8, 2008
Discovered centuries ago, pyrethrum was used in a powdered form to protect the French Army from body lice during the Napoleonic Wars. Today, extracted from the flower by solvents, it is sprayed into the air in Brookhaven. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
School nurses are public health allies May 8, 2008
For the looming communicable illnesses of TB or MRSA, the annoyance of lice, or the remote possibility of bird flu or smallpox, these individuals are on the front line of surveillance and are there in the event of a mass casualty ... Original content available for non-commercial useunder a license,except where noted. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Public Health: Tick Talk with the tots May 8, 2008
The first responses include, Lice and Fleas. It is then that I realize that lice and fleas would have had a far greater impact in most of their young lives than the ones I was thinking of, namely mosquitoes and ticks ... Original content available for non-commercial useunder a license,except where noted. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
Post-war years ushered in age of DDT pesticide May 4, 2008
In 1939, Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller synthesized a chlorinated hydrocarbon known by its abbreviated name DDT, and it proved effective in killing houseflies, the Colorado potato beetle, and even lice carried by World War II refugees ... The business sold an array of DDT products, such as DuPont 50 percent DDT for dairy barns and other outbuildings, and C.C.C. Powder with 10 percent DDT to kill roaches, ants, fleas, bedbugs and lice. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Ultra Saber Pour-On May 2, 2008
The product also controls lice in beef cattle and calves. For more information visit the website. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Unleashed, dog owners bite back Apr 17, 2008
Dorothy thought leashes for two-year-olds - a suggestion made by a dog owner to a mother in a Surry Hills park - "sounds like a great idea to me! [Also] gags so they can't scream and annoy my dogs [and] handcuffs so they can't put their grubby little mitts near my clean dogs. Oh, and compulsory headscarves to control their head lice infestation would be good too.". Adam continued the anti-child theme: "Leash-free parks encourage dogs to socialise and be better citizens Dogs never annoy anyone... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hub officer on traffic detail rushes to halt alleged abuse Apr 12, 2008
Boston police Officer Joaquim Antunes arrived around 9:45 a.m. yesterday on a Dorchester street closed for a potential gas leak when he heard a man's loud, angry voice and the fearful cries of a woman. Then the 10-year police veteran, about to start his paid detail, heard something else ... construction, was working nearby and said the police presence was fortunate. (Boston Globe)
Bino's Blogaroni Apr 9, 2008
Put your hands up, or I ll play The Police ... The PDA Police are looking ... And the campus police will end up being the losers here, for appearing to be unable, despite a 5-to-1 advantage, to escort a big-mouthed kid out of an auditorium without resorting to their wail-inducing perp blaster. (The Palm Beach Post)
Holocaust survivor captivates, educates middle school students Apr 3, 2008
"The constant stench and filth were indescribable. Lice were in our clothes and hair." Still, she was a child, and "My games were important. I'd try to find four pebbles of the same size and shape - that meant all four members of my family would survive. It was a very difficult game to play. If I couldn't find all four, would we not make it? I held on to hope." In 1945, the Russians, British and Americans were closing in ... "About 100 students submitted questions in writing. From those... (Farmington Valley Post, CT)
Max you'd pay for movie ticket? Mar 27, 2008
I have enough troble leaning my head back in a regular theatre without thinking about lice, I usually put my jacket behind my head. I do however like the idea of being able to have a drink and appetizers while watching a movie. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Parents criticize district on mold Mar 22, 2008
"You tell us about staph infections . . . lice. Why not this?". The district says that, in hindsight, it "probably would have been a better idea to report more information than less.". (AZCentral -- News)
Goat found neglected after nearly a year Mar 21, 2008
Vidia was seized in 2006 after being found emaciated with an old, untreated eye injury, and with lice and overgrown hooves, according to the humane society. Wherry is suing the county, the Humane Society and its captain of field services, Debi DeNardi, alleging negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress, deprivation of due process and defamation of character. (Pet-Abuse.com)
Sheep infested with maggots Mar 21, 2008
Vidia was seized in 2006 after being found emaciated with an old, untreated eye injury, and with lice and overgrown hooves, according to the humane society ... In July 2006, a sick goat that Wherry had claimed to have euthanized a year earlier was found alive, but starving and suffering from lice, an untreated eye injury and grossly overgrown hooves. (Pet-Abuse.com)
Community offers support for 94-horse foster home Mar 17, 2008
Many were malnourished, some had hooves that had grown so long the horses couldn't walk property and most had lice. Inspectors also found many dead animals on the property of Hinz-Schleuter Arabians. (CTV.ca)
Traveller Health in the UK Mar 7, 2008
To relieve the heavily burdened National Health System (NHS), the UK's "Chemists who Care" program, or 'scheme', now authorizes pharmacists to diagnose and prescribe for twenty-seven common mishaps and maladies ranging from hay fever, sprains, lice, and diarrhoea to vaginal thrush, excessive ear wax, and thread worms ... The emergency room is called "Accident and Emergency" or "Ae emergency telephone number (for ambulance, police, or fire) is 999. Waits are not unduly long - 2 hours on a... (Suite101.com)
Commission to investigate complaints against struck-off medico Feb 26, 2008
THE medical complaints monitor has vowed to investigate all complaints against the so-called Bega Butcher and co-operate with police, saying recent allegations of malpractice are "extremely alarming". A spokesman for the Health Care Complaints Commission said there was no point taking disciplinary action against Graeme Reeves, accused of mutilating and sexually abusing women during operations, because he had already been deregistered, but it would refer all potentially criminal matters to police... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Health officials warn parents about head lice Feb 20, 2008
As the temperatures outside begin to rise, school health officials urge parents to become aware of a common problem, Pediculus humanus capitis, most commonly known as head lice. There are many misconceptions about head lice ... Anyone can get head lice, young or old, male or female, rich or poor, Richmond County Schools Lead School Nurse Sandy Riggan said. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Bear-spray bandit blasts bar patrons, twice Feb 16, 2008
Police detained a suspect out on the street a few minutes later and took his bear spray but let him go when they were distracted by another call, according to the story ... Police found the same suspect walking down the street, took another can of bear spray off him and put him in jail ... I m not aware of any motive, said police chief T.C. Kamai. (Anchorage Daily News)
The extraordinary story behind Simon Mann's 'prison transfer' to ... Feb 10, 2008
Mann, an old Etonian and the son of a former England cricket captain, had spent the past four years incarcerated there, enduring beatings, inedible food and plagued by illness and lice ... A separate aircraft would fly in Severo Moto Nsa, an exiled opposition politician, who would take over the government and give Mann a slice of all oil profits as well as a diplomatic passport. (Daily Mail)
Lice from mummies provide clues to ancient migrations Feb 7, 2008
Lice from mummies provide clues to ancient migrations - International Herald Tribune. Lice from mummies provide clues to ancient migrations ... When two pre-Columbian individuals died 1,000 years ago, arid conditions in the region of what is now Peru naturally mummified their bodies, down to the head lice in their long, braided hair. (International Herald Tribune)
West Nile spray area set to grow Feb 5, 2008
Pyrethrins also are contained in lice shampoos. The insecticide also contains piperonyl butoxide. (Yahoo News -- West Nile Virus)
States may restrict lice treatments Jan 31, 2008
By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY Lawmakers in at least three states are considering restricting the use of treatments for head lice and body mites that contain the insecticide lindane, raising questions about whether states can regulate products approved by the Food and Drug Administration ... She washed his hair with it four times during a three-month period because his head lice kept coming back ... While all drugs have risks, Orlofski of Morton Grove, now the only maker of the treatments, says the... (USA Today -- News)
FDA cites toxic risk of lice drug Jan 31, 2008
FDA cites toxic risk of popular head-lice drug - USATODAY.com ... FDA cites toxic risk of popular head-lice drug ... By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY The sole U.S. maker of an insecticide-based treatment for head lice has stopped promoting the product after a sharply worded warning from the Food and Drug Administration that its marketing misled consumers by downplaying the rare, but serious, risks of the treatments. (USA Today)
Non-Toxic Head Lice Treatments Jan 28, 2008
Pesticide-Free Alternatives to Kill Lice. If you're searching for "natural" head lice treatments free of harsh chemicals or pesticides, you have several options to combat these hardy pests ... Concerned about potentially toxic head lice treatments. (Suite101.com)
Organic farming: Courting the culinary elite Jan 23, 2008
lice Waters needs political advisors and a reality check ... Alice Waters talks a big game, and her goal of reestablishing natural farming in America is admirable, but her efforts fall flat against the weight of economic disparity. (Yale Herald, CT)
Bird condo business booming in Thailand Jan 21, 2008
The low-budget monster movie "... Fears about obesity are feeding... Quebec City's 400th birthday: ... In honour of the intensely marketed... Lice spread easily, multiply quickly... The room smelled like burning ... Newspapers: Television: Marketplace: CanWest Countries: ? 2008 Canwest Interactive, a division of . All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited.. (Windsor Star)
Health board member charged Jan 21, 2008
A member of the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority is accused of selling drugs out of a City Park apartment after police seized more than $200,000 worth of illegal substances Thursday night ... Saskatoon police say the Saskatoon integrated drug unit searched an apartment on the 500 block of Fifth Avenue North Thursday night ... Saskatoon Northwest MLA Serge LeClerc, a recovered addict and addictions counsellor, says the likely street value of the quantity of drugs police seized is more than... (Canada.com)
Brookline school district considers new approach to lice; parents say plan is lousy Jan 17, 2008
It defies common courtesy, let alone common sense, said the mother of a Lawrence School second-grader, who was shocked to find the school nurse would not be informing her son s classmates after her family was infested with lice ... It s a nuisance, but lice do not carry disease ... Under Donnelly s recommendations, parents would receive no notice if lice were found among their child s classmates. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Author gives girls true picture in 'Body Drama' Jan 14, 2008
A sort of Our Bodies, Ourselves for the millennial generation, it features 272 pages of candid discussion on virtually every topic, from body-mass index and depression to tanning, cellulite and body lice. USA TODAY's Greg Toppo talks with Redd. (USA Today -- News)
Lice salons: lousy idea or necessity? Jan 11, 2008
Lice salons: lousy idea or necessity ... Lice salons: lousy idea or necessity ... The woman pulling a fine-toothed comb through the girl's hair was looking for nits, the eggs laid by lice and a recurring annoyance for the third-grader. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Red tide reporting system spreads Jan 10, 2008
30-day news archives. If the resources are available, you can count on it: We'll do it. (Florida Today)
Nitpickers multiplying Jan 10, 2008
The woman pulling a fine-toothed comb through the girl's hair was looking for nits, the eggs laid by lice and a recurring annoyance for the thirdgrader ... The traffic at the recently opened Chicago salon called Hair Fairies --- The Head Lice Helpers is just one indicator of the anxiety and desperation parents feel when they hear a student in their child's class has head lice ... Though there's no evidence of a head lice epidemic, the bugs have been getting harder to banish as they become... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
COLUMN: Dr. Phil's visit to hospital to visit Britney same as being held 'involuntarily' Jan 9, 2008
Spears was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angles last Thursday after a stand-off with police in connection with a child-custody battle. Most people who engage in a stand-off with police end up in jail ... n Shaved her head (a bad case of lice, perchance). (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Letters to the editor Jan 2, 2008
Lice are a health hazard. I just want to say thank you to Rosemary Ellis for mentioning the lice problem in the Kelso schools ... I was told that lice are not a health hazard so they can no longer justify keeping the children away from school. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Govt, NGOs, firms work together for national health Dec 29, 2007
" Securing first a healthy water supply and then tackling the malaria in Sumba has been an ongoing project of the Sumba Foundation, which funds Ude's malaria eradication program. Simple solutions such as pyrethrum-impregnated mosquito nets supplied to every home within the program have seen productivity "quadruple in 2007", as infection rates decrease Ude explained. "The mosquitoes do not enter houses with the nets, even the head lice problem is eradicated and spiders and other insects also... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
EDITORIAL: A cautionary fish tale Dec 17, 2007
The research, published in the journal Science, found that in some years, more than 80 percent of pink salmon that migrate past the farms were killed by sea lice, a parasite spread by the farmed fish. The study looked at data that went back to the 1970s, but sea lice infestations only began in 2001, when the number of salmon farms increased. (Nola.com -- Sports)
4.9% tax hike 'a little off zero' Dec 16, 2007
"The budget, which contains no major cuts to frontline services, was passed unanimously after three days of deliberations. For the second year in a row, council used assumed spending reductions and increased provincial funding and raided reserves to balance the books.Council started with a projected budget shortfall of $79 million. They knocked it down to $49 million inclusive of an $17.3-million, 8.8-per-cent increase in the police budget and a $20-million levy adopted to help fix the city's... (Canada.com)
City defers decision on development freeze Dec 14, 2007
Alberta has issued new police guidelines on Tasers, but the changes appear timid compared to what's being recommended by a national agency that oversees the RCMP. ... Calgary police have ruled the electrocution death of a man at a southeast business an accident ... Parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward local extinction, according to a scientific paper published Thursday. (CBC.ca)
NWT Mountie shooting suspect yet to hire a lawyer Dec 14, 2007
A team of uniformed and plainclothes police escorted Bulatci to and from the courthouse ... Parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward local extinction, according to a scientific paper published Thursday. (CBC North)
Parasites in fish farms threaten wild salmon, researchers say Dec 14, 2007
The parasitic sea lice prey on juvenile wild salmon when they swim past these fish pens on their way from inland rivers to the ocean ... But not everyone accepts this view of sea lice ... According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, a government agency responsible for developing aquaculture while safeguarding wild fish stocks, "no direct cause and effect" has been established between sea lice prevalence and salmon mortality. (International Herald Tribune)
12 hours + 3 writers + 3 acting troupes = 3 plays for 1 gala Dec 14, 2007
Parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward local extinction, according to a scientific paper published Thursday. Paramount is to experiment with releasing the next instalment of its Jackass series of movies free on the internet, bypassing the cinema. (CBC.ca)
Prince George ice-jam now 5 km long Dec 14, 2007
Organized Eastern European gangs are believed to be behind a debit card scam in Victoria, B.C., that has drained money from hundreds of people's bank accounts, Saanich police said ... Asian women were targets of five violent purse snatchings in southeast Vancouver in the past week, police said ... Parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward local extinction, according to a scientific paper published Thursday. (CBC British Columbia)
Topaz Pharmaceuticals raises money for lice treatment Dec 4, 2007
a biopharmaceutical company developing a new treatment for lice, raised $20 million in a private stock sale Monday ... company plans to use the proceeds to complete clinical trial of its experimental lice treatment and to prepare the product for market ... Head lice infestations, which afflict an estimated 6 million to 12 million children a year in the United States, are becoming more resistant to traditional treatments. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
It's a fact of lice: They can infest anyone Dec 2, 2007
After spraying NitGlue Desolver and using LiceKiller, Elizabeth Cook demonstrates how she would use a NitFree lice comb on hair ... Cook demonstrates how she would treat a client with NitGlue Dissolver, a spray that loosens lice eggs from the hair shaft ... Kalo Del Monte, 7, of Encinitas, who does not have lice, is the model. (North County Times)
Vast Nazi archive opens to public, ending more than 60 years of Holocaust secrecy Nov 29, 2007
Among its files, seen by the Associated Press during repeated visits to Bad Arolsen in the last year, are the list of deportees from the Netherlands to Auschwitz on which Anne Frank's name appears, the list of employees of Oskar Schindler's factory who were sheltered from death, medical records showing the number of lice on the heads of prisoners, and the list of inmates evacuated by the Nazis from the Neuengamme labor camp who later died on prisoner boats mistakenly bombed by the British air... (Boston Globe)
Hoarding over 280 animals, 200 more found dead Nov 27, 2007
The day of her arrest, Oct. 12, Munroe was confused and belligerent, and had to be treated for lice and fleas at the jail ... Animals with special needs, either because of poor health or temperament, may be sent to a breed-specific rescue shelter or a licensed animal foster home, she said ... She was uncooperative during booking and was treated for lice, fleas and other medical issues before being put in isolation, where "the female correctional officers went above and beyond to get her... (Pet-Abuse.com)
CWS appeal: Nicaragua floods Nov 21, 2007
The families are also being provided with personal hygiene kits, including laundry soap, bath soap, lice shampoo, sanitary napkins, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a comb. This packet will contribute to improve health conditions of the families. (AlertNet)
San Antonio chosen for clinical trials on new head lice treatment Nov 17, 2007
Some San Antonio children with itchy scalps could be afforded the dubious distinction of being selected for new phase 3 clinical trials on an investigational product for the treatment of head lice ... In 2002, ParaPRO licensed the worldwide rights for an investigational product called Spinosad, a compound developed by ... ParaPRO is working to develop and market a version of the compound for use in the control of head lice in people. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Roaches, Fleas Force 400 From Apartments Nov 15, 2007
Residents agree with health inspectors that most of the apartments at Harmony Grove are infested with cockroaches, bed bugs, fleas and lice, WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported. "It's not our fault what's going on here; it's the owners' fault to make sure everything's up to code and there are clean living conditions," said resident Donna Graham. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
A hard act to follow Nov 10, 2007
lice and eco-friendly household products. A different landscape. (Globe and Mail)
New Bio-Solution Formulated with Cedar Oil Developed to Replace Deadly Spot Drop Flea Control Products, Which Have Been Acknowledged to Cause Prematur Nov 8, 2007
We are experiencing 100% mortality in fleas, ticks, lice and mites; those parasites that continually plague our domestic mammals, dogs and cats, and an array of farm, equine and other livestock ... Private label and technology license opportunities are available to qualified, domestic and international entities. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Schools say no staph scare Nov 6, 2007
The schools should check the children weekly for signs of the infection,just as they do for lice or even t.b.When I went to school there were tests given yearly to screen for T.B.,but I never hear about kids being checked for diseases anymore. If we let our guard down an epidemic will occur. (Pensacola News Journal)
Prisoner number 112613 Nov 5, 2007
The men also dealt with fleas and lice ... If I ate a slice of bread, I was full, Kesling said. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
More of this story Nov 2, 2007
BROCKTON With children in school, Dean Francis of Brockton has come to expect the alerts about head lice and whooping cough ... Likewise, the state Department of Early Education and Care, which licenses childcare facilities, does not require that it be reported. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
The week in photos Oct 30, 2007
Signs warned of rip currents, rough surf, jellyfish, man-o-war and sea lice. (Lannis Waters/Post Staff). (The Palm Beach Post)
10/25/2007 - North County Times reporters answer your questions Oct 26, 2007
We live on Olive Hill (Fallbrook) and would like to know why we seem to have an extra large police presence in our area ... It lets others know that the house is evacuated, and lets the other fire/policemen know they do not have to check that house again for residents ... How about gratitude for the firemen and women, SDG lice forces, military etc. (North County Times)
Your School : Forest County eighth graders to attend Making Healthy Choices Conference Oct 25, 2007
After that, Natalie Wetzel-Rasmussen, licensed professional counselor, will address the eighth grade experience, which includes a certain right of passage where students begin to incorporate their dreams from childhood into the possibilities of the future as they prepare for the challenge of high school, as well as begin to glimpse the opportunity for personal fulfillment in adulthood ... After the afternoon break-out sessions, a group of high school students from Stevens Point called SPASH,... (Forest Republican, WI)
