Scientists have uncovered a surprising trick used by the herpes simplex virus to wake up inside the body. Researchers at the ...

In 1991, she reported finding something peculiar in the brains of people who had died, some with Alzheimer’s disease and some without. She and her colleagues detected DNA from the herpes simplex virus ...

Even as researchers look for ways to cure the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer’s — with most therapies focussing on the abnormal build-up of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain — there are ...

A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial is underway called Valacyclovir Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease but results ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus—a member of the herpes family that most people contract as children, and also causes chickenpox. Once a person is infected, the virus stays ...

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are frequently asymptomatic or undiagnosed, but more than half the US population is seropositive for HSV, and about one-fifth are positive for HSV-2.