It wasn't fun having recurring cold sores, but it was truly mortifying to discover that her painful mouth sores were caused by the herpes virus. Yes, the 16-year-old knew it wasn't "that kind' of ...

Three former college wrestlers are blaming their coaches for a herpes outbreak. Nov. 25, 2008— -- Though many may want to, few of the 45 million people in the U.S. infected with herpes actually ...

T he number of people with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), which causes most cases of genital herpes, has increased thirty percent in the last twenty years. According to the Centers for Disease ...

A case going to trial in Napa Superior Court this week will determine if the Villagio Inn & Spa in Yountville is legally liable for the herpes lesions that appeared on a woman’s face following a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in every ...

Disseminated herpes simplex occurring from genital herpes in a healthy individual would be highly unlikely. In the setting of imunosupression, such as HIV dis-ease with very low T-cells or in an ...

PRIMARY infection with herpes simplex is not generally manifested by disease. As a result outbreaks of illness due to this agent have not been commonly observed. Small epidemics of eczema herpeticum ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Genital herpes is one of the most common types of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States – as well as one of the most frustrating. Characterized by periodic blisters on the ...

A 23-year-old woman has sued a Portland nail salon after she claims a manicure left her with a virus that causes a sexually transmitted infection. The anonymous woman said she visited PDX Nails near ...