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

Fifteen women in Sierra Leone well known for performing female circumcision operations collectively declared over the weekend that they are are abandoning the practice "completely."

The Sierra News, the state-owned newspaper said the women made the pledge at a public ceremony that they will now work towards "safeguarding the health of women and girls

Gardasil, the world's first vaccine against cervical cancer may go on sale within weeks. The vaccine has been proven effective against the virus that forms most cervical cancers.

The vaccine is developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company, Merck & Co. Inc. has proven to be 100 percent effective against the two major strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)