Genital Herpes: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & More
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Genital herpes. It ' s an embarrassing sexually transmitted disease that no one ever wants to be diagnosed with, but millions are. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexually transmitted... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

USPSTF Reaffirms Rec Against Routine Screening for Genital Herpes
(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed a 2016 recommendation against routine serologic screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) in asymptomatic adults and adolescents, including pregnant individuals... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

USPSTF Reaffirms Recommendation Against Genital Herpes Screening
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against routine screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) among asymptomatic adults and adolescents. This recommendation forms the basis of a final... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Study links viral infections to Alzheimer ’s, Parkinson’s—with many caveats
A massive data mining study has found numerous associations between common viruses like the flu and devastating neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). The findings expand on previous research linking individual viruses to neurological diseases. But experts caution that the study, which relied on electronic medical records rather than biological samples, merely describes correlations and doesn’t prove causation. Still, it’s “really exciting,” says Kristen Funk, a neuroimmunologist who studi...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Obesity Protects Against Genital Herpes in Mice, Study Finds
A high-fat diet induced changes to the animals’ vaginal microbiomes that boosted survival after exposure to the virus. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 11, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news

Viral Shedding Common After First-Episode Genital HSV-1 Infection
MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2022 -- Genital viral shedding is frequent after first-episode genital herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection, particularly among those with primary infection, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in the Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 31, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

USPSTF Continues to Recommend Against Genital Herpes Screening
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) did not find new evidence that could result in a change to the 2016 recommendation on screening for genital herpes and consequently continues to recommend against routine... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 16, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Themis Medi bets big on antiviral drug for Covid
Themis had launched inosine pranobex under brand name Viralex in June this year. Despite the drug not figuring in the government's Covid treatment protocol - the company is banking on the drug to improve overall revenues as it was approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for more indications such as influenza and other viral respiratory diseases (ARDS), mucocutaneous herpes, genital wart and panencephalitis. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - July 11, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

STI: Four warning signs of an infection with the herpes simplex virus – it has 'no cure'
GENITAL herpes is considered a "common" sexually transmitted infection . Triggered by the herpes simplex virus, here are the warning signs of the contagious condition. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Can Be Mistaken for Genital Herpes
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - October 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Sexually transmitted infections fall during pandemic
Genital warts and herpes saw the biggest decrease, the figures for England reveal. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

R Kelly's physician testifies the singer had herpes since at least 2007 as prosecutors allege he knowingly infected people
R. Kelly's personal physician of 25 years took the stand Thursday to testify about his treatment of the singer's genital herpes since at... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Neonatal Herpes: The 24th-Hour Workup Neonatal Herpes: The 24th-Hour Workup
How to manage the asymptomatic newborn of a mother with a genital lesion.The Cribsiders (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - July 30, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Pediatrics Commentary Source Type: news

Worm infestation in intestine has a remote effect on viral defenses
(University of Bonn) Infection with parasitic intestinal worms (helminths) can apparently cause sexually transmitted viral in-fections to be much more severe elsewhere in the body. This is shown by a study led by the Universities of Cape Town and Bonn. According to the study, helminth-infected mice developed significantly more severe symptoms after infection with a genital herpes viruses (Herpes Simplex Virus). The researchers suspect that these results can also be transferred to humans. The results have now appeared in the journal Cell Host& Microbe. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Differences in herpes virus symptoms may relate to variations in strain gene expression
(Penn State) Why do some people with cold sores around their lips experience painful lesions, while others have no symptoms at all, yet still spread the virus? A new study conducted at Penn State finds that these differences could be due to variations in the way certain strains of herpes simplex (HSV-1) -- the virus that causes cold sores, as well as genital herpes -- activate gene expression in neurons. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 29, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news