October 13 is National Herpes Awareness Day, an opportunity to raise awareness around the causes, risks, and treatment of different types of herpes infections, particularly genital herpes. Perhaps more importantly, it’s a chance to debunk myths around the disease, start conversations about what it really means to have genital herpes infection, and, hopefully, destroy the stigma around the disease that impacts nearly 16% of women between the ages of 14 and 49.