Scientists have uncovered a surprising trick used by the herpes simplex virus to wake up inside the body. Researchers at the ...

Cold sores can be painful and are highly contagious, but an NHS GP has claimed there's a simple way to get rid of them in as ...

Early clinical and preclinical findings presented at the 35th European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

An NHS GP has shared her top tips for getting rid of cold sores as quickly as possible, and said there's one thing you should ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza and the viruses that cause herpes.

They found that purified FRIL at 80 μg/mL of a two-gram gum tablet neutralized 95 percent of HSV-1 and HSV-2. Whereas at ...

Meanwhile, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), spread primarily through oral contact, infects over two-thirds of the global population and is the leading cause of infectious blindness in Western ...

In fact, people with HSV-1, HSV-2, or both, are up to 2.44 times more likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected, according to a 2024 study from the University of ...