{"id":6801,"date":"2026-02-17T20:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herpescureadvocacy.com\/?page_id=6801"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:41:54","slug":"press-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herpescureadvocacy.com\/press-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Media Inquiries<\/h5>\n<p>Herpes Cure Advocacy experts are available to speak to the press about ongoing herpes vaccine and cure research, patient advocacy efforts, and herpes diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:info@herpescureadvocacy.com\">info@herpescureadvocacy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Herpes Cure Advocacy in the News<\/h5>\n<p><u>Press release<\/u>: <a href=\"https:\/\/herpescureadvocacy.com\/herpes-cure-pipeline-4-0\/\">Herpes Cure Pipeline 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Notice<\/u>: <a href=\"https:\/\/herpescureadvocacy.com\/2025\/09\/11\/herpes-cure-advocacy-makes-push-for-neonatal-herpes-as-reportable-condition\">HCA Advocates for Neonatal Herpes to be a Reportable Condition<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Herpes Research News<\/h5>\n<p><u>HCA Article<\/u>: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40254300\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association between Herpes Simplex I and Dementia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Inquiries Herpes Cure Advocacy experts are available to speak to the press about ongoing herpes vaccine and cure research, patient advocacy efforts, and herpes diagnosis and treatment. 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