Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD HSV-1 usually causes oral herpes, while HSV-2 primarily affects the genitals.Herpes often ...

The first thing she noticed on her screening panel was the word “HIGH” in red text: the test had detected elevated antibodies ...

In one discovery, Roizman established that nurses had been transmitting HSV between infants, leading to better hygiene in ...

He mapped the herpes simplex virus genome, revealing how it invades cells. His work also helped lay the groundwork for ...

Herpes simplex virus partially liquefies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows. The research centers on how the nucleus of each human cell ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar (WCM Q) and Qatar University (QU) have projected that a future herpes simplex ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and Qatar University (QU) have projected that a future herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) vaccine could substantially reduce oral and genital HSV-1 ...

The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in the UK and Ireland increased dramatically over 15 years, and outcomes remained poor, with mortality and long-term neurologic ...

A class of antivirals called Pin1 inhibitors could reduce or stop outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the common infection behind oral herpes, according to new research published in Antiviral ...

Cold sores are common infections in children. They’re also called fever blisters, oral herpes, or herpes labialis. Despite their name, cold sores don’t have anything to do with colds. Cold sores are ...

But there was one type of sexually transmitted infection that saw cases increase over the last year. First episode genital ...