While anyone can get an infestation, Dr. Michelle Henry, a board-certified dermatologist, told Insider there is a common misconception that Black people with curly, kinky hair can't get lice.

Papers from the CDC highlights public health concerns over the difficulty of identifying and treating B. quintana among ...

But a team from the universities of Oslo and Ferrara now says the first, the Black Death, can be "largely ascribed to human fleas and body lice". The study, in the Proceedings of the National ...