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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) may still shed the virus even if they do not experience genital lesions, study findings reveal. HSV-2 is one of the most frequently occurring STDs, ...

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 ...

HSV-1 usually causes oral herpes, while HSV-2 primarily affects the genitals. You may not know you have herpes because it ...