head louse

"It's the season for skin infections and we don't have creams or ointments for bacterial infections, no medicines to treat scabies and head lice."

She was described as gaunt, with dark rings under her eyes and the worst case of head lice an expert had seen in her 30-year career.

Actress Jenny Mollen is itching to make sure everyone knows she didn’t realize she had head lice until she was already on her recent five-hour flight.

Notably, research has shown that head lice are not a significant health hazard or a sign of poor hygiene.

“It’s hard to get head lice,” she says.