With recent E. coli outbreaks linked to certain foods, it’s important to stay informed about the products you buy and eat, as ...

Benzocaine gel: Over-the-counter gels or creams containing benzocaine, a topical anesthetic, can provide temporary relief by ...

Learn the surprising truth about alcohol-based mouthwashes. Understand how they disrupt your oral health and what ...

HSV-2 "almost always" causes sexually transmitted genital infection, the researchers said, while HSV-1 mainly causes oral infection, like cold sores, but can be sexually transmitted to cause a ...

This can result in delayed treatment, which increases the risk of transmitting the infection to others. Oral gonorrhea can be spread through oral sex performed on the genitals or anus of someone ...

The oral herpes virus appears to be linked with Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that the common infection might play a role ...

Twenty percent of under-50s worldwide are infected with genital herpes, with 42 million new cases being recorded in 2020 alone.

Gastroenterologist Nikhil Pai wants to see access to treatments for bacterial infections expand with the development of oral ...

Widespread impact of oral HSV-1 infections: In 2020, over 3.4 billion people aged 0–49 years were estimated to have oral HSV-1 infections, highlighting the virus's overwhelming global prevalence ...