Genital herpes causes painful sores on your genitals (sex organs). It is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. It's caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Most ...

Genital warts and herpes can both appear in the genital area, making it easy to mistake one for the other. Although treatments can make genital warts and herpes go away temporarily, the virus is still ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

Managing stress in healthy ways may help reduce how often you have a genital herpes outbreak. Ongoing stress -- that lasting more than a week -- seems to trigger outbreaks more than any other ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That’s equivalent to one in every ...

Over 800 million people have genital herpes — and in many cases the virus can flare up over a person's lifetime, causing painful symptoms. So... Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 ...