Here's why there are such a wide variety of symptoms associated with meningitis and why not every form of meningitis is ...

The word herpes comes from Greek and means “creeping.” That’s all! Over the centuries it has been employed to describe ...

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

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, while herpes simplex virus (HSV) is responsible for oral and genital herpes. Although current treatments mainly focus on inhibiting viral ...

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In various experiments, a protein found in the gum substantially neutered two flu strains and the herpes simplex viruses 1 ...

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza and the viruses that cause herpes.

In the new study, the Italian researchers recruited 132,986 adults aged 50 and older - 12,000 of who were hospitalised with a ...

They found that purified FRIL at 80 μg/mL of a two-gram gum tablet neutralized 95 percent of HSV-1 and HSV-2. Whereas at ...

This piece won the OpiniUm Challenge, an academic research competition for the University of Miami’s graduate students to ...

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

A team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new chewing gum that could dramatically reduce the ...