Mother is charged after daughter, 4, got infested with so many head lice she almost died

Mother is charged after daughter, 4, got infested with so many head lice she almost died after the parasites sucked the oxygen out of her blood Shyanne Nicole Singh, 26, was arrested after her four-year-old daughter was hospitalized with a severe lice infestation The girl’s levels of hemoglobin – oxygen-carrying proteins in red blood cells … Read more

Mother is charged after daughter, 4, got infested with so many head lice she almost died

Mother is charged after daughter, 4, got infested with so many head lice she almost died after the parasites sucked the oxygen out of her blood Shyanne Nicole Singh, 26, was arrested after her four-year-old daughter was hospitalized with a severe lice infestation The girl’s levels of hemoglobin – oxygen-carrying proteins in red blood cells … Read more

Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests 

Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests New study suggests ivermectin cuts Covid infections by around 75 per cent More than 30 trials globally found the drug caused improvements in treatment The study is set to be published in the US journal Frontiers of Pharmacology … Read more

Cheap hair lice drug may cut the risk of hospitalised Covid patients dying by up to 80%, study finds

A drug used to treat head lice could cut the risk of death for hospitalised Covid patients by up to 80 per cent, a study suggests. Ivermectin, a prescription-only drug that can cost as little as £1.50 for a course of treatment, was also found to potentially halve the time critically-ill patients needed care for. … Read more

Cheap hair lice drug may cut the risk of hospitalised Covid patients dying by up to 80%, study finds

A drug used to treat head lice could cut the risk of death for hospitalised Covid patients by up to 80 per cent, a study suggests. Ivermectin, a prescription-only drug that can cost as little as £1.50 for a course of treatment, was also found to potentially halve the time critically-ill patients needed care for. … Read more

Last night’s TV: Lice one, doc! Proof that Ratty didn’t cause The Great Plague

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Lice one, doc! Proof that Ratty didn’t cause The Great Plague By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail and Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:03 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 02:04 GMT, 18 November 2020 The Great Plague: Outbreak  Rating: How To Spend It Well At Christmas … Read more

Girl’s death is linked to ‘most severe lice infestation officials had ever seen’

Parents are charged with murder after lice infestation in 12-year-old daughter’s hair caused her death because repeated bites for three years lowered her blood iron levels and triggered a heart attack Kaitlyn Yozviak died on August 26 from cardiac arrest and severe anemia Mary Katherine Horton and Joey Yozviak have been charged with her murder  Georgia … Read more

Women may be put off by beards out of fear of LICE and fleas, study claims

Women are more attracted to men with beards because they make them seem more physically and socially dominant, a study has found. But they may not be a sign of cleanliness – women who didn’t like hairy faces could have been put off by an evolutionary fear that they might contain lice or fleas. The … Read more