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 ...

Vaccines are one of the most important medical inventions of modern times that have saved and enhanced innumerable lives around the world. Despite the technological advances in vaccine design and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That’s equivalent to one in every ...

Unveiling a global crisis: groundbreaking research highlights the immense impact of HSV infections on health, urging a shift towards vaccine innovation and prevention measures. Study: Estimated global ...

Infection with the herpes simplex virus (HSV) is for life. Although HSV-2 is the main cause of genital herpes, HSV-1 – the virus responsible for cold sores – can be transmitted by oral sex, so it, too ...

HSV-2 causes genital herpes, and neurological complications include aseptic meningitis and recurrent radiculopathy. HSV-2 also causes myelitis in immunocompromised individuals. Typical features of HSV ...

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 ...