Q&A: Is a herpes vaccine around the corner?

(The Lllama Ledger) UPDATED 2009-04-22

A student has heard that a vaccine for herpes will be available in 2009 or 2010 and wonders if this will ever be a reality. A pre-medicine reporter says that a vaccine becoming available in the next two years is unlikely. She also gives information about herpes vaccines that are available, and she explains how a vaccine would have to work to cure people already infected with the herpes virus. Read full story >

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