Many labs in the US are using outdated blood tests for genital herpes that often give erroneous results, according to a new report. “Genital herpes is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease ...

Neighborhood News Reporter Jeydah Jenkins joined the KRIS 6 News Team in May 2025. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control estimates one out of every 8 people test positive for herpes, ...

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I recently had an inconclusive HSV-2 result. My doctor told me it could ...

BD Diagnostics, a wing of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), recently filed for 510(k) clearance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its first completely automated molecular tests ...

†Data taken from 510(k) summary # K1119517. ‡Thirty five samples were tested using bidirectional sequencing analysis. Sequence analysis detected HSV target in 29 of the 35 discordant samples (six ...

Background: Several commercial type-specific sérologie tests are available for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). Poor specificity of some tests has been reported on samples from sub-Saharan Africa.

Herpes is common – and manageable. Here's how it can affect pregnancy, birth, and your baby, plus what you can do to protect ...