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"Pediculosis Nervosa"
a Blog by Deborah Z. Altschuler
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Deborah Z. Altschuler
Jul 28, 20201 min read
Take a look at this long list of the benefits of combing.
This long list of reasons for combing should make parents wonder why their particular school lice policy doesn't encourage combing...
Deborah Z. Altschuler
Jun 21, 20202 min read
Oh, the stuff you can appreciate from head lice
"As public health officials develop guidelines for these challenging times of COVID-19, the NPA wants to minimize head lice as a public...
Deborah Z. Altschuler
Jun 13, 20201 min read
Human Head Lice and Their Ability to Transmit Disease: Bridging the Scientific History
https://www.headlice.org/comb/zinsser-project/human-head-lice-and-their-ability-to-transmit-disease/
Deborah Z. Altschuler
Oct 16, 20192 min read
My Favorite Hans Zinsser Quote on Ether Dome Day
This is my favorite Dr. Hans Zinsser quote. I found it while I was sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Harvard Countway Medical...
LiceMeister
Aug 15, 20192 min read
Writing About Public Health Issues Carries Weighty Responsibility
Writing about public health issues carries weighty responsibility - especially when advice enjoys the credibility of a professional...
Head Lice
Jun 6, 20192 min read
The Head Louse is a Careful Mother
It’s encouraging and enormously important to see independent researchers currently looking at the issues of body lice and head lice...
Head Lice
Apr 28, 20192 min read
Speak Right Up
I remember NPA’s activism in the early 1980s and can vividly picture sitting back to back with Leslie Kenney in our tiny cubicle of an...
Head Lice
Feb 15, 20193 min read
“Pediculosis Nervosa”: A Blog by Deborah Z. Altschuler
In the Beginning… I’m not the first to say it, but there’s little doubt that those of us who love to talk, but loathe writing, will say...
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