I had barely finished my first semester of college when I found out I had herpes. A high school friend and I wound up taking our friendship a little further, and 20 seconds into the act that would ...

Herpes and ingrown hairs can both cause painful bumps on the skin. However, ingrown hairs occur around hair follicles, while herpes causes blisters that may burst and ooze fluid. People may find it ...

A recent paper published in Rheumatology reported six female patients who developed herpes zoster infections within 3 to 14 days of receiving either the first or second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech ...

Are you sure you don’t have herpes? Two-thirds of people under the age of 50 are believed to carry the herpes virus, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The even ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

In general, talking about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is kind of a mood-killer. But the word "herpes" in particular invokes a special kind of fear and paranoia. Even though genital herpes ...

Stigma around the herpes virus paints people with positive statuses as dirty, promiscuous and irresponsible. But the virus is very common and not mutually exclusive with a healthy sex life. When Ella ...

A herpes virus that infects humans originated in chimpanzees before it jumped into early human ancestors, according to a new study. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Herpes infection rates are dropping among young Americans, and safer sex practices may be one reason why. Roughly 12 percent of adults were infected with genital herpes (HSV-2) in 2015-2016, down from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cure for the herpes simplex virus could be on the horizon after researchers at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle say ...

A woman has revealed how she has 'embraced her herpes diagnosis' despite it wreaking havoc on her romantic life. Adrienne Rommel, 43, from Toronto, Canada, is finding ways to live with the condition ...