The FDA approves the first one-day treatment for recurrent genital herpes and cold sores in people with healthy immune systems.

Famvir, manufactured by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., can be taken in 1,000 milligrams doses twice daily for one day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at least 45 million people age 12 and older in the U.S. have had a genital herpes infection

Vigilant condom use is a proven way to lower both the risk of contracting the virus that causes genital herpes, in both genders.

HSV-2 causes most cases of genital herpes, a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes recurrent outbreaks of sores in and around the genitals

Vigilant condom use is a proven way to lower both the risk of contracting the virus that causes genital herpes, in both genders.

HSV-2 causes most cases of genital herpes, a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes recurrent outbreaks of sores in and around the genitals