Tag: lice

Skip the Shampoo and Get Rid of Head Lice Just the Same

This post courtesy of Chris Gonzales, Northeastern IPM Center. Kids go back to school this season, and this could mean an encounter with head lice. I made a mistake by not consulting an expert before treating my kid for head lice in late August. Don’t repeat my mistake! I bought the pesticide shampoo because I…Continue Reading Skip the Shampoo and Get Rid of Head Lice Just the Same

Rats, Fleas, IPM: How the Media Told It

Since Cornell’s NYSIPM story — based on IPM entomologist Matt Frye’s research — went live earlier this week, here’s which media outlets told the story, and how. CBS News Cornell Chronicle Daily Mail (UK) The Dodo  ESA  Fox News  International Business Times  Medical Daily  NBC News  Newsweek  New York Daily News  Popular Science  Science World…Continue Reading Rats, Fleas, IPM: How the Media Told It

News Flash! IPM Research — Rats, Fleas, and the Plague

Norway rats are your consummate “where you go, we go also” species, being as well adapted to urban living as we are. Meaning that the diseases we’ve blamed on them are most likely grounded in reality. Yet widespread instances of the most spectacular of those diseases — the Black Plague that devastated much of the…Continue Reading News Flash! IPM Research — Rats, Fleas, and the Plague