When the seventh season of Love Island USA premiered, an X user had a prophecy: “The entire Love Island franchise can be brought down by a single cold sore.” Dramatic? Yes. A joke? Probably. Were they ...

Cold sores, also known as fever blisters, can appear on your mouth or lip and are usually caused by oral herpes or herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). “It’s extremely ubiquitous,” says Alexandra ...

Many fans have spotted what appears to be a cold sore on a couple of the contestants of Love Island USA. Love Island USA is an American spinoff of the popular reality dating competition series. The ...

The idea of treating a cold sore with something that smells great is tempting, but is this safe or are you running the risk of ticking off your cold sore. So it’s understandable that you’d want to do ...

Scientists have a new target to prevent cold sores after University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers discovered an unexpected way the herpes virus re-activates in the body. The finding could ...

Antiviral drugs like Valtrex and Zovirax heal herpes sores faster and help prevent recurrences. Using a cold compress or ice pack can reduce the pain from herpes sores. Over-the-counter pain relievers ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

“Meanwhile, flu typically causes a sudden onset of fever, severe tiredness and weakness, muscle and joint aches, a headache, ...

“To completely cure HSV-1, the idea is to prevent the virus from going into latency, because then, it’s protected by our own bodies,” said Esther González-Almela, a virologist at the Guangdong Academy ...