Federal health officials are reporting a significant decrease in herpes infections over the past 15 years, even as researchers are still stymied in trying to create a vaccine against the lifelong sexu ...

A new study on herpes infections of the eye helps shed light on the question of viral reinfections by identifying a key protein involved in viral reinfections that could be targeted by antiviral ...

In a study published Thursday in the journal Neuron, researchers say they’ve found strong evidence to suggest that two strains of the human herpes virus – 6A and 7 – may contribute to the ...

A new study finds that prior herpesvirus infections are linked to a faster age-related increase in blood biomarkers ...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 is generally linked to fever blisters and genital herpes and type 2 causes genital sores. A study published Wednesday shows progress toward a vaccine but hardly perfection.

A study in animals -- mice, rabbits and guinea pigs -- shows a new way to keep herpes viruses in abeyance in their hosts, by altering how genes are turned off and on.

The study found 42 percent of blacks tested positive for herpes type 2, a decline of only 4 percent since 1994. “Maybe we’ve finally gotten through to the young people that they need to change ...

But the study doesn't prove that herpes viruses are involved in Alzheimer's, says Dr. Richard Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging, which helped fund the research.

Older people who had the herpes simplex virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia later in life than those who were never infected with the virus, according to a ...

Nearly 25 years after a news magazine declared that an epidemic of genital herpes threatened to undo the sexual revolution, a new study finds an encouraging decline in the percentage of people ...

Older adults exposed to the herpes virus behind the common cold sore may see a doubling of their dementia risk, a new study warns. The research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease ...

More than 400 million people worldwide have the virus that causes genital herpes, according to a report published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. The virus — herpes simplex virus type 2 or ...