According to a recent report in the September issue of Journal of AIDS, maintaining regular genital hygiene in males may reduce the risk of HIV infection. The study is based on the previous findings that have linked male circumcision with the reduced prevalence of HIV.

Dr. Nigel O'Farrell and a team from Ealing Hospital in London noted that the presence of "subpreputial penile wetness," a lanolin-like wetness commonly found under the foreskin in most uncircumcised men, increased the risk of infection

A new study suggests that Human papillomavirus (HPV) may make it more difficult to conceive with in vitro fertilization (IVF). The study that was published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, only 17 women in the group of more than 100 tested positive for HPV.

The ABC news reports that researchers from New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center found that women who tested positive for HPV were about half as likely to conceive from IVF compared to women who tested negative

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say herpes type 2 virus is declining in the country. A new study found a significant decrease in cases in Americans between the ages of 14 and 49.

Herpes 2 is the most common cause of genital herpes, and is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. The study found that the number of people who tested positive for the disease is down by 19 percent since 1994

A new study finds about one in six Americans has genital herpes infections, a decrease from the previous decade when the number of cases was rising.

Seventeen percent of people in the U.S. had the genital herpes virus from 1999 to 2004. This is down from the 21 percent who had it from 1988 to 1994.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based its study on blood samples rather than self-reporting

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