Archive for February 19th, 2009

Annapolis women start professional lice removal service - Annapolis Capital

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Annapolis Capital

Annapolis women start professional lice removal service
Annapolis Capital, MD
Lice Happens offers professional and confidential head lice removal services. Listen to the owners as they describe their business and demonstrate the lice removal service. By THERESA WINSLOW, Staff Writer A lot of new businesses try to capitalize on ...

Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice - WZTV

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

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Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice
WZTV, TN
(AP) -- For generations, children with signs of head lice were sent home by the school nurse. Now schools have become less nitpicky. With the backing of some major health organizations, a majority of schools across the country are allowing youngsters ...
Schools relaxing policies about head lice Orlando Sentinel
Schools stop being so nitpicky about head lice MainStreetMonroe.com
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Schools let students with head lice nits stay in class - SmartBrief

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Schools let students with head lice nits stay in class
SmartBrief, DC
... and allowing students to stay in class if they have lice eggs, but not live lice. Educators have worried that students miss too much school, parents miss too much work and children are being made to feel ashamed about having head lice. Google (02/18)

Another Salmonella Outbreak, a Popular Cancer Vaccine and a Drug … - New York Times

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Another Salmonella Outbreak, a Popular Cancer Vaccine and a Drug ...
New York Times, United States
At one time, having head lice was an automatic ticket home for school children, but no more. The Associated Press reports that most schools, with the approval of the American Academy of Pediatrics, allow children with nits — the insect's eggs — to stay ...

Schools relaxing policies about head lice - Orlando Sentinel

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

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Schools relaxing policies about head lice
Orlando Sentinel, FL
When I was in grade school, there was no bigger shame than being sent home with head lice. If you even looked like you might have lice back then, you were sent home to be scrubbed 47 times with a potent anti-lice shampoo and then labeled "that kid" for ...
Schools stop being so nitpicky about head lice MainStreetMonroe.com
Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice WAAY
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Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice - WTOP

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

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Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice
WTOP, DC
(AP) - For generations, children with signs of head lice were summarily sent home by the school nurse to their everlasting shame. Now schools have become less nitpicky. With the backing of some major health organizations, a majority of schools across ...
Schools are no longer nitpicky about head lice WZTV
Schools relaxing policies about head lice Orlando Sentinel
Schools stop being so nitpicky about head lice MainStreetMonroe.com
all 28 news articles

Couple guilty of ill-treating three children - Malta Independent Online

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Couple guilty of ill-treating three children
Malta Independent Online, Malta
The court, presided over by Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera, heard how the three children were beaten with a belt, had cigarette burns and head lice as their mother and her boyfriend maltreated them and neglected them. Three doctors, including the ...

Schools aren't as nitpicky about head lice; some allowing kids … - The Canadian Press

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Schools aren't as nitpicky about head lice; some allowing kids ...
The Canadian Press,  Ala.
For generations, children with signs of head lice were summarily sent home by the school nurse to their everlasting shame. Now schools have become less nitpicky. With the backing of some major health organizations, a majority of schools across the ...