Scientists have a new target to prevent cold sores after University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers discovered an unexpected way the herpes virus re-activates in the body. The finding could ...

Cold sores, also known as fever blisters, can appear on your mouth or lip and are usually caused by oral herpes or herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). “It’s extremely ubiquitous,” says Alexandra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever had a cold sore, you're familiar with the first hint of trouble. A tingling signals an unwelcome visitor is about ...

A woman contracting herpes from a lipstick tester has raised concerns about makeup hygiene and shared cosmetics. Herpes, ...

Cold sores typically go away within 2-4 weeks on their own. But you can speed up the healing process with over-the-counter (OTC) creams containing docosanol. You can also reduce inflammation with OTC ...

Alas, those little (or uh, not so little) red bumps seem to pop up whenever they damn well please and wreak havoc on your life. A cold sore is an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), ...

Genital herpes is a common and incurable sexually transmitted disease (STD). It’s so prevalent in the United States that about 1 in 6 people ages 14 to 49 have it. More American women than men have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLD SORES HAVE a way of appearing at the worst possible moments, like right before a big work presentation or a family photoshoot ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers Patryk Krakowiak and Anna Cliffe, PhD, have identified an uknown way dormant herpes simplex virus-1 reactivates in the body, paving the way for ...