Group selfies are spreading head lice infestations among teens, a Wisconsin pediatrician warned in a back-to-school interview with WBAY-TV on Monday. Dr. Sharon Rink of Appleton joined a growing group of experts who are concerned about so-called “social media lice.”Read more here.
They blame teens’ head-to-head contact while taking pictures or looking at each other’s phones for an increase in head lice infestation in an age group thought to be less at-risk than younger children.
“Teenagers don’t usually get lice because they’re not sharing hats and things like that,” Rink told the TV station. “And lice can’t jump, so the only way they can transmit lice is touching their heads together, and that’s happening with all these photos.”
Stories number two, three, and four (all from California): A Lake Eksinore man's idea to take a selfie with a rattlesnake came back to bite him, and now he may lose his hand as a result. Read more here.
A California man who picked up a rattlesnake and tried to take a photo with it may lose his hand for his troubles. Read more here.
Recently, though, a San Diego man thought it might be an idea to take a selfie with a rattlesnake.
Some might think this has all the sense of taking a boa constrictor clubbing. However, as KGTV in San Diego reported, Todd Fassler picked a rattlesnake out of the brush and thought he might memorialize the event.
The snake had other ideas and bit him.
Fassler was taken to hospital. His medical expenses could be described as expensive. KGTV's Dan Haggerty tweeted Fassler's bill -- for $153,161.25. Of this, more than $83,000 was for "pharmacy." His case reportedly depleted the antivenom supplies at two local hospitals. Read more here.
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