A World Health Organization (WHO) director has called for “better prevention and treatment options” after the agency released new estimates of genital herpes prevalence. Dr Meg Doherty, director of ...

The negative part of marrying your friend no one told you about Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can be gotten by any sexually active person. Genital herpes is a ...

Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD Key Takeaways Female genital sores can be caused by a sexually transmitted ...

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 ...

A combination drug used to treat and prevent HIV -- Truvada -- may have an additional benefit: lowering the risk of a genital herpes infection, a new study suggests. Researchers found that African ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters Health) - Long-term treatment of genital herpes with the drug acyclovir does not reduce the rate of new HIV infections, researchers reported at the International AIDS Conference ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. We’ve assumed that condoms can reduce the spread of genital herpes -- ...

Genital ulcers could be one of many sexually transmitted diseases or an infection that is not transmitted by sex. An expert walks you through a case. This is the first of a three-part series on ...

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