Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herpes viruses lie dormant in most people. More than one in five people aged between 15 and 49 globally or 846 million people live ...

New research using US insurance data finds that people with HSV-1 face greater odds of Alzheimer’s disease, and suggests antiviral medications could help lower that risk. Study: Association between ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --More than 840 million people around the world under age 50 are living with genital herpes, according to a new study that calls for new vaccines to tackle the sexually transmitted ...

People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected. A new study from Uppsala University confirms ...

A study seems to establish a link between oral herpes virus, which causes mouth cold sores, and Alzheimer’s disease. The study was published in Cell Reports on Jan. 2. Herpes simplex virus 1, which is ...

Alzheimer’s can be caused by a herpes virus that travels from the gut to the brain, and it may be responsible for up to 45% of cases, new research suggests. Scientists found evidence of ...

The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in the UK and Ireland increased dramatically over 15 years, and outcomes remained poor, with mortality and long-term neurologic ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

Chewing gum made from beans has been shown to reduce the viral load of some strains of herpes and influenza, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.