Over 800 million people have genital herpes — and in many cases the virus can flare up over a person's lifetime, causing ...

Herpes is more common than you might think — way more common, actually. In 2020 alone, over 25 million people between the ...

Both types of herpes are common. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 4 billion people have either HSV-1 (3.7 billion) or HSV-2 (400 million). For people with a herpes lesion ...

The latest global estimates suggest 846 million people are living with genital herpes infection. The findings are published ...

Genital herpes is widespread the world round among younger adults, with more than 846 million people living with th ...

Over 1 in 5 adults worldwide are living with a genital herpes infection, according to the latest estimates from a new study.

A staggering 846 million people aged 15-49 globally live with genital herpes, with 42 million new infections annually, ...

Image credits: NIAID. The herpes simplex virus comes in two forms: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Traditionally, HSV-1 has been associated with oral infections (cold sores), while HSV-2 has been the primary ...

especially if it’s related to genital herpes (HSV-2) spread through sexual contact. In rarer cases, oral herpes (HSV-1) can cause herpes outbreaks on the buttocks, too. This virus can stay ...

16.8 million had a newly acquired HSV-1 genital infection in 2020, adding to 376.2 million already with the disease. Herpes is rarely lethal, so why is action needed? Whether transmitted sexually ...

The herpes IgG test is a blood test used to diagnose herpes simplex virus (HSV). This includes HSV-1, the type most commonly linked to cold sores, and HSV-2, the type mainly associated with genital ...