lice

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Lice are spread by direct contact with the hair or items that an infested person has used, like hats, combs, brushes, towels, pillows, beds or even stuffed animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Lice and chicken pox have spread, he said, and on Wednesday morning alone he treated four cases of meningitis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Lice may even offer clues to ancient relationships not captured by human DNA or archaeological evidence, says Mikkel Winther Pedersen, a molecular paleoecologist at the University of Copenhagen who wasn’t involved in the study.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

Lice are small insects that live on human heads and feed off of their blood.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 15, 2022

The goon hadn’t murdered Lice Peeking, as Shelly had thought, but he had scared the bodily fluids out of him.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen