Last year’s back-to-school Cool or Crummy “Got Lice” article was so popular that we thought we’d revisit the topic again this year — chiefly because the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a new policy paper on the critters that seems to have everyone in an uproar.
The paper (found at http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;110/3/638), reiterates the AAP’s position that, because lice do not carry disease and pose no health threat, children should not be excluded from school if they have them.
