STD testing: why you should test yourself now
You have probably heard numerous warnings about unprotected sex, having multiple sex partners and using sex toys of unknown sources. Everyone has, at least once, become overtaken by pleasure and forgotten these More...
Herpes evolution: Jump from chimpanzees to Homo erectus, according to UCSD researchers
NEWS RELEASE Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the evolutionary origins of human herpes simplex virus (HSV) -1 and -2, reporting that the former infected hominids More...
Recent developments in Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-2) therapeutics look promising
In the past two months, new therapies for the prevention and treatment of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-2) have showed some promising results. In January, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed More...
The Top 5 most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are more than 110 million sexually transmitted infections (STI) among men and women nearly split evenly. This number includes both new and existing More...
Advances in herpes prevention and treatment- vaccines and nanoparticles
During the past few days, researchers from Yale University and biotech firm Agenus Inc. have made postive steps toward the prevention, treatment and symptom relief of the sexually transmitted viral infection, herpes More...
