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Frankowski Discusses Treatment-Resistant Lice in Media

September 29, 2016 by Brittany Willette

UVM Professor of Pediatrics Barbara Frankowski, M.D., comments on the long-term use of over-the-counter lice treatment products creating a resistance to lice for a story on the hype surrounding a new “mutant” strain of lice resistant to usual, inexpensive treatments for a story on CNN and NBC affiliate KFOR Newschannel 4.

UVM Professor of Pediatrics Barbara Frankowski, M.D. (Photo: COM Design & Photography)

(FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 1, 2016) UVM Professor of Pediatrics Barbara Frankowski, M.D., comments on the long-term use of over-the-counter lice treatment products creating a resistance to lice for a story on the hype surrounding a new “mutant” strain of lice resistant to usual, inexpensive treatments for a story on CNN and NBC affiliate KFOR Newschannel 4.