NPA asks CDC to improve guidance on head lice

June 9, 2020 // by NPA

“The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) appreciates the complexity of these times with COVID-19. Our intent here is to minimize pediculosis as an additional public health burden when children return to school and other group settings. We would be pleased to lend our assistance to the CDC in updating its published information on head lice in order to help achieve this goal.”

Please see the National Pediculosis Association’s letter to the Centers for Disease Control concerning the CDC’s guidance on head lice.

Please also see press release.

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The NPA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated since 1983 to protecting children, their families and their environment from the misuse and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter pesticide treatments for lice and scabies.

Pediculosis (the medical term for an infestation of lice) provides a public health opportunity to teach important lessons about communicable disease preparedness, responsible personal behaviors, environmental health, and the importance of learning about pharmaceutical remedies before using them on our children and ourselves.

NPA is committed to setting the highest possible public health standards for children as they relate to the communicability and treatment of head lice. NPA has been the leader in raising pediculosis as a public health priority and a pioneer in public health education and research on pediculosis.

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NPA asks CDC to improve guidance on head lice

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Please see the National Pediculosis Association’s letter to the Centers for Disease Control concerning the CDC’s guidance on head lice.

Please also see press release.

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