A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia ...

I’ve been on a standard dose of acyclovir for 15 years after I had a severe neurological reaction to a potential but ...

The antiviral drug valaciclovir (Valtrex), given prophylactically, kept patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ...

Ahmedabad is witnessing a worrying rise in cases of herpes and shingles. Poor sexual practices and lack of awareness, experts ...

British drug maker GSK plc (GSK, GSK.L) announced Friday that the US Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review the ...

Twenty percent of under-50s worldwide are infected with genital herpes, with 42 million new cases being recorded in 2020 alone.

[5] Despite the self-limiting characteristics of most herpes infections, growing public attention has been focused on these viruses because HSV and VZV infections are so prevalent and they are ...

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

Anna Wald, M.D., professor of medicine, laboratory medicine and epidemiology at the University of Washington, noted that the nature of the herpes virus, much like chickenpox and shingles ...

Doctors in Pune have noted an increase in herpes cases, attributing it to weakened immunity caused by long-term effects of ...

Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection ... such as chickenpox and shingles, against which vaccines exist. Two main strategies to eradicate the virus exist: prophylactic vaccines ...