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Clear answers about herpes.No minimizing. No cure hype.
HSVHQ is an independent, evidence-led resource for people living with HSV. We turn current research and primary sources into clear explanations. You can see what is known, what is changing, and what remains uncertain.
Sources and evidence dates are shown throughout. HSVHQ does not provide medical advice.
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What do you need to know?
Browse questions
- SymptomsCould this symptom be herpes?Guide in editorial development
- TestingWhen is an HSV test useful, and what can it tell me?Guide in editorial development
- TreatmentWhat do antiviral medicines change?Guide in editorial development
- TransmissionWhat changes the chance of transmitting HSV?Guide in editorial development
- PregnancyWhat does HSV change during pregnancy?Guide in editorial development
- ResearchWhich HSV research programs are active right now?
- ResearchWhat happened to Moderna’s mRNA-1608 program?
- ResearchWhere is pritelivir in development?
- How HSVHQ worksHow does HSVHQ decide whether a claim is supported?
- How HSVHQ worksWho checks HSVHQ’s research pages?
Research tracker
HSV research is moving. Claims move faster.
A promising laboratory result is not a human cure. A clinical trial is not an approved treatment. A discontinued program should not keep circulating as current news.
Explore all research programsHSVHQ tracks each development program separately, including:
- Development stage
- Program status
- Human trial evidence
- Intended HSV type
- Meaningful recent changes
- Direct supporting sources
Featured research
What is happening now
Tracker sources checked September 9, 2026
Small-molecule antiviral
Pritelivir
Treat HSVGene editing
Fred Hutch / Caladan HSV gene editing
Potentially eliminate latent HSVVaccine
BNT163
Prevent HSVSources are linked directly.
Important claims are tied to supporting evidence, with preference given to trial records, scientific publications, regulators, and original program materials.
Uncertainty stays visible.
When the evidence cannot support a confident conclusion, we say so. Unknown, unpublished, and unclear are not treated as interchangeable.
Stages are not outcomes.
Preclinical research, human trials, regulatory review, and approved treatments are clearly distinguished.
Information is dated.
Research pages show when their evidence was last checked, so older information is not presented as timeless fact.
Living with HSV
The diagnosis can feel larger than the medicine.
HSV is medically common, but that does not make the fear, shame, uncertainty, relationship stress, or physical symptoms unimportant.
HSVHQ takes both sides seriously: the evidence and daily life with the diagnosis.
Why HSVHQ exists