The myth that Black people don’t get lice has some basis in reality. While about 6 to 12 million children ages 3 to 11 get head lice every year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Race Black children in the United States have far fewer reported head lice infestations than other ethnic groups, according to a report. ( 8 ) It’s thought that this may be due to differences in ...

Lice may have helped spread 'black death' plague. June 3, 2024 9:37 AM ET. Ari Daniel A fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection — that's the cause of the plague ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death.

The Black Death killed tens of millions of people in the mid-1300s, but scientists and historians are still trying to figure out how it spread. Wellcome Images via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4. ...

The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a decade. One of the puzzles surrounding this ancient ...

A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought, supporting the possibility that ...

For one, the Black Death tore through Europe far faster than any modern plague outbreaks. In addition, “rat falls” precede some modern outbreaks, but medieval plague records don’t mention ...

The myth that Black people don’t get lice has some basis in reality. While about 6 to 12 million children ages 3 to 11 get head lice every year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

“But in certain ecological situations,” he caveats, “the lice could have played some role in some cases, sometimes in some areas.” These findings aren’t just of historical interest.