A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

Many people don’t know just how common the virus that causes cold sores is in society. Unfortunately, the news just got worse ...

We already know that the virus behind cold sores, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), can also infect the brain and the central nervous system, and now a new study sheds more light on how the viral ...

Herpes looks like a rash with blistering sores in its early stages. The cluster of sores can quickly merge and break open, oozing fluid and crusting. The rash can be different when found at the mouth, ...

If it worked with herpes simplex disease, why not try it with herpes zoster eye disease? But at that point, I thought my career was ending. I was leaving a big practice and moving to New York to ...

However, scientists suspect that a viral infection—such as herpes simplex (the virus that causes cold sores or herpes zoster—may trigger swelling and inflammation in the facial nerves, which in turn ...

The long-term subjective cognitive decline risk associated with Herpes zoster infections ... to those who have never been infected. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is extremely common, affecting ...

As many as one in three Kiwis have the virus that leads to genital herpes Up to 80 percent of New Zealanders will get genital or oral herpes at some stage in their lives To mark Global Herpes ...

Sir Graham Henry, Sir Buck Shelford and Sir Ashley Bloomfield are among well-known Kiwis who have teamed up for a campaign for Global Herpes Awareness Day. Sir Ashley Bloomfield is back to ...

This capsid contains the large HSV-1 dsDNA genome, consisting of 152,261 base pairs. Herpes simplex virus-1 causes several injuries, both structural and biochemical, to the infected cell.