genital herpes
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Health experts say that for many people, the psychological impact of a genital herpes diagnosis - which is treatable but not curable - can be even greater than the physical symptoms.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Preventive Services Task Force doesn’t recommend routine genital herpes screenings for people without symptoms, in part because false positive rates are so high.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Because Burroughs Wellcome Co. had developed a first-of-its-kind treatment for genital herpes, Zovirax, they implemented an aggressive marketing plan that downplayed their drug and instead attached a stigma of shame to having genital herpes.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2022
Weissman and virus expert Harvey Friedman of the University of Pennsylvania found targetable antigens for genital herpes.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 29, 2021
For genital herpes, drugs such as acyclovir can reduce the number and duration of the episodes of active viral disease during which patients develop viral lesions in their skins cells.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
