Scientists have uncovered a surprising trick used by the herpes simplex virus to wake up inside the body. Researchers at the ...

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The word herpes comes from Greek and means “creeping.” That’s all! Over the centuries it has been employed to describe ...

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, while herpes simplex virus (HSV) is responsible for oral and genital herpes. Although current treatments mainly focus on inhibiting viral ...

In various experiments, a protein found in the gum substantially neutered two flu strains and the herpes simplex viruses 1 ...

This is the shocking moment a monkey ripped off a woman's wig on a nature trail in China. Footage shows the primate sitting ...

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza and the viruses that cause herpes.

Ebola virus is an infectious agent and one of the viruses that can cause haemorraghic fever, a severe infectious disease characterized by high fever and bleeding, in humans and some monkeys.

They found that purified FRIL at 80 μg/mL of a two-gram gum tablet neutralized 95 percent of HSV-1 and HSV-2. Whereas at ...

This piece won the OpiniUm Challenge, an academic research competition for the University of Miami’s graduate students to ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...