Herpes is an incurable virus that spreads via physical contact in the mouth or genitals. However, medication can limit ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

Late-breaking oral presentation highlights interim Phase 1b data reported earlier this year for two cohorts in participants with recurrent ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released new recommendations advising against screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including ...

Canker sores and cold sores are both non-threatening blisters in and around the mouth, but there are a few key differences ...

Let’s all take a moment and show some gratitude to our immune systems—day in and day out, intricate molecular machines are at work protecting our bodies from the microbial milieu that we inhabit. One ...

The researchers found 25.6 million people aged 15 to 49 years had new HSV-2 infections and 519.5 million (13.3%) had existing (prevalent) HSV-2 infections globally in 2020. (HealthDay News) — The ...

Viruses are microscopic pathogens composed of genetic material housed within a protective protein shell. While they carry the blueprint required for producing additional viral proteins, they lack the ...

HealthDay News — A once-promising investigational vaccine against herpes viruses showed only 20% efficacy against herpes genital disease in a large clinical trial designed to mimic the general ...

Number of people with at least one episode of HSV-attributable genital ulcer disease was 187.9 and 16.7 million for HSV-2, HSV-1 in 2020. (HealthDay News) — The incidence and prevalence of genital ...