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...Head lice are a symptom of poor hygiene...
...Head lice are a sign of poor parenting...
...myth that head lice can be transfered via combs or hats, Pollack said he and his colleagues tried to do it in the lab and they were unsuccessful. “We can’t say it never happens, we can say it’s not very frequent,” he said...
...addition to the "hysteria" that surrounds an infestation, often the presence of lice itself is misdiagnosed...
Pollack maintains a page on the School of Public Health's website explaining head lice. Pollack, whose research includes other bugs associated with diseases such as mosquitoes, bed bugs, and tics, considers himself the "nemesis" of headlice.org, an organization that seeks to fight the parasitic insect...