Category Archives: Herpes

One in six Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a new estimate Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on 2005 to 2008 data. That’s about the same as the … Continue reading →

A new vaccine designed to prevent people with genital herpes from passing the virus on to their sexual partners has begun its first patient trials at a hospital in England. Two healthy volunteers have been given the jab at the … Continue reading →

Biomedical Research Models Inc. has received a $908,733 grant from the National Institutes of Health for the second year of the company’s effort to develop a vaccine for herpes simplex virus type 2, or genital herpes. The privately held company … Continue reading →

New research suggests that people who are infected with both HIV-1, a strain of the AIDS virus, and herpes simplex virus type 2 could benefit in more than one way by taking a herpes drug called acyclovir. In addition to … Continue reading →

Herpes medication does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission from individuals with HIV and genital herpes, Dr Joseph Makhema revealed at a press briefing held last Thursday at the Botswana Harvard Partnership buildings in Gaborone. He said a UW- … Continue reading →

Herpes zoster infection could arise from treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with a monoclonal antibody against tumor necrosis factor, investigators here concluded. RA patients treated with anti-TNF antibodies had double the risk of herpes zoster infection compared with those who received … Continue reading →

When you are on the lookout for the best advice on herpes, you will find it hard seperating value packed information from poorly sourced herpes proposals and guidance so it is clever to know ways of moderating the info you … Continue reading →