There are ways and medicines for sore throat that do not need to be purchased and are available right inside our homes. Home ...

Reports say the new COVID variant, NB.1.8.1, can cause an intense, scratchy sore throat. But is 'razor blade throat' really a thing? Experts weigh in.

Scientists in Spain and China discovered that HSV-1 begins rewriting the architecture of human genes just one hour after ...

According to an analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nearly half of black women have genital ...

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help ...

Unlike cold sores, which appear on the outside of the mouth and are caused by a virus, canker sores are not contagious. Their exact cause remains somewhat mysterious, though several triggers have ...

NSW mum issues warning after son gets cold sore from daycare. WARNING: GRAPHIC. A mother has issued a warning after her son came home with a common illness that left her with a glass stint in her eye.

Whether it was going to be cold sores or hand, foot and mouth disease, ... Ms Akamarmoi felt “sick inside and out” and her eye had become swollen shut. There were sores all around it.

Mouth ulcers are sores or scrapes (usually red, yellow, or white) that can pop up anywhere inside your mouth—including the roof. Dr. Gonchar says they can be very painful and uncomfortable due ...

The cold sores they got didn’t last as long and were less severe, too. Many of the most innovative treatments for oral herpes, however, are still in the early stages and being tested on animals.

However, once a cold sore is ‘live’ it’s highly contagious. Even before the sore breaks out, when the cold sore is at its tingling stage, the sore can be infectious.