If you’re dealing with a sore throat, gargling with salt water — mixing ½ teaspoon of salt into 1 cup of warm water — is a ...

Cold season is here — no, not just the chilly temperatures, but also people sneezing, coughing and coping with sore throats, ...

New research highlights a potential link between cold sores caused by HSV-1 and an increased risk of dementia.

Cold sores that are blistered are highly contagious. The fluid inside cold sore blisters is filled with the active virus and when it bursts the virus can be spread from the infected person to ...

The little ones seem to get ill all the time, and it can be tricky to know if they are so unwell that they shouldn't go to ...

One in five of us suffer with cold sores, or 'coleslaws' as spluttering children call them. They are created by herpes simplex, a virus that sits quietly in nerves around the mouth, only gracing ...

If these remedies don't help control fever or discomfort or if your there are signs of an infection, contact your healthcare provider. Some children get cold sores on a regular basis. These sores ...

Cold sores are tiny, painful blisters that appear around the lips and are more common than most people think. It is often associated with a highly contagious virus called Herpes Simplex.

A baby who contracted his mother's oral herpes in the womb is thought to be the youngest child to receive a corneal ...

If your cold symptoms won't quit, you may have something else. Doctors explain what it could mean if you've got a lingering ...

WITH many winter illnesses now in circulation it’s important to be able to recognise the signs of different viruses, as some ...