Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Facts On HEAD LICE Head lice are a nuisance but not a health hazard. They don't result from a lack of cleanliness. Anyone can get head lice. School children get them more often because they're in head to head contact more than adults.
Parents can get head lice from their children.
Sometimes the source is another adult in close contact with the children. Head lice crawl quickly from one person's head to another and multiply rapidly. What To Look For These tiny, flat insects have no wings and cannot jump or fly. Head lice live and breed on the hair of the head. Adult female lice produce a great many nits.