For the first time, scientists have captured how new antiviral drugs halt the herpes virus in real time as it tries to ...

Fred Hutch virologists eliminated at least 90% of HSV-1 in preclinical models of oral and genital herpes and reduced viral shedding in a study published in Nature Communications SEATTLE — May 13, 2024 ...

Hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus are both sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, they are not the same and develop due to different viruses. STIs spread from one person to another ...

The words “herpes” and “spread” in the same sentence don’t typically spell good news. Unless, that is, you’re talking about a busybody new virus. That virus includes designer DNA called a gene drive ...

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 ...

Around one in every five people aged below 50 around the world is infected with incurable genital herpes, researchers have newly estimated. According to a new paper in the journal Sexually Transmitted ...

Mounting evidence points to a connection between dementia and common herpes virus infections, particularly herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, and varicella zoster virus (VZV ...

Infection with the virus that’s the main cause of cold sores may double a person’s risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Adding to growing evidence of a link between the two, further ...

A photomicrograph image of herpes virus antibodies detected using immunofluorescent staining technique, 1977. Image courtesy CDC/Dr. Craig Lyerla. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) A ...