Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. The first — and ...

An engraving on an ancient lice comb is potentially the oldest known sentence written using an alphabet. The ivory comb bears a sentence in an early Canaanite script, estimated to date back almost ...

Head lice can quickly spread through a school, family, or group of friends. Though irritating, lice isn't harmful to your health, and fortunately, it's treatable with the right combs, topical ...

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Engraved into the side of a nearly 4,000-year-old ivory comb is a simple wish: Get these lice out of my hair. This faint inscription, written in the early language of the ancient Canaanites, ...

Many of us have been here: A "my head is itchy" comment from the grade schooler. A sighting of little bugs scrambling on your child's head in the bath. The note home from school. These critters are ...

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If you’ve ever combed your kid’s hair to get rid of head lice, you know the process can take hours. Good news for parents who don’t have that kind of time: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...