If you have painful, white and red spots in your mouth, you may have canker sores, but what can you do about them? ...

Experts explain oral yeast infections (oral thrush, candidiasis of the mouth)—including oral thrush symptoms, treatment ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Mouth and tongue lesions are often one of the first symptoms of human immunodeficiency ...

Cold sores are small blisters that usually appear around the mouth. Find out how long they last, the stages of healing, and treatments that may help.

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion. Researchers discovered that it actively reshapes the 3D structure of ...

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases. Billions ...