Herpes has long been known to lie dormant in the body, waiting for the right moment to strike. But new research has revealed ...

If you get six or more cold sores per year, your doctor may recommend something called suppressive antiviral therapy, which ...

Scientists have a new target to prevent cold sores after University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers discovered an unexpected way the herpes virus re-activates in the body.

As many as half of Americans live with herpes simplex virus (HSV-1 ... It's a brand-new idea that the virus takes up this motor, and it's needed to get to the nucleus,” said Vince Racaniello, a ...

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are frequently asymptomatic ... people in the United States have genital HSV, with up to a half-million new cases identified each year.

So what is genital herpes, and are cases on the rise? Here's what to know about this common infection. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the herpes simplex virus ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise, with an increase of almost 5% diagnosis between 2022 and 2023. Herpes, in particular, is one of the most commonly diagnosed STIs, with over ...

Shingles vision symptoms caused by HZO might be rare—they show up in only 8 percent of shingles cases—but they are serious.

In a heartfelt Facebook post, a mother from Windhook in Namibia has shared her devastating experience to raise awareness ...

A new combination of microscopy methods has revealed exquisite detail of the virus assembly process used by herpes simplex virus ... viral genomes are packaged up into this three-layer structure ...