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Hi there Herpes Advocates, we’re happy you’re here. Advocacy Alert: Request a Patient Listening Session at the FDA The landscape for prevention of HSV in America is inadequate. There isContinueContinue reading “Request a Patient Listening Session at the FDA”

My diagnosis with HSV-1 was traumatic. It was a result of a date where the other party did not disclose their positive status. They had the virus for 10+ yearsContinueContinue reading “Koda’s Patient Story”

“There has not been any kind of herpes advocacy in the 30 years that I’ve been involved in STI prevention and research. It was something that was just never addressed,”ContinueContinue reading “After Covid-19 success, patients with the world’s ‘most stigmatized’ infection push for their own Operation Warp Speed”

Herpes Cure Advocacy is pleased to report that with the passing of FY 2022 budget that the Dept. of Health and Human Services National Strategy and Strategic Plan for theContinueContinue reading “FY 2022 Budget Includes National Strategy and Strategic Plan for HSV”

The University of Washington Virology Division and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have announced a new initiative for members of the communities affected byContinueContinue reading “Herpes Scientists Give Impacted Communities a Voice”

Herpes Cure Advocacy celebrates and thanks Quest Diagnostics for removing the HSV 1/2 IgM test from their product offerings. Quest Diagnostic joins Mayo Clinic in the removal of this testContinueContinue reading “IgM test removal at QUEST Diagnostics is a win for Herpes clinical care”

Pipeline for a Herpes Cure We track the timelines for preclinical and clinical study, formulation updates, and go-to market strategies with research teams globally. The pipeline only includes teams withContinueContinue reading “Herpes Cure Pipeline 2.0”

The Herpes Cure Advocacy team is getting ready for another busy appropriations season and we need your help. Appropriations is the government process of creating a budget and deciding howContinueContinue reading “Advocacy Preparations for FY 2023”

Moderna is entering the global race for a Herpes vaccine. Moderna is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines. ContinueContinue reading “Moderna Adds Herpes Vaccine Candidate to Pipeline”

Researchers, led by Dr. Harvey Friedman, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are close to clinical trials testing a vaccine protecting against genital herpes. PhaseContinueContinue reading “Harvey Friedman provides hope for an HSV Vaccine at the University of Pennsylvania”