Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have created a chewing gum that can neutralize viruses ...

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

The word herpes comes from Greek and means “creeping.” That’s all! Over the centuries it has been employed to describe ...

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.

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

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Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus—a member of the herpes family that most people contract as children, and also causes chickenpox. Once a person is infected, the virus stays ...

Lil Nas X was recently hospitalized due to a condition that left the right side of his face paralyzed. Is Bell’s palsy ...

It’s been eight years since she first contracted the virus, and she still lives with cold sore outbreaks till this day.

People develop herpes after exposure to the herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of this virus: Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can occur on the face or the genitals. People can encounter both ...

Neonatal herpes simplex virus can be fatal and is disproportionately common in the US among infants born in the South and to Black parents.