Stephen Sacks is one of the world's experts on genital herpes, the most common sexually transmitted disease. As founder and director of the UBC Herpes Clinic, he wrote The Truth About Herpes to convey general information about the virus, the incidence of which increased ten-fold in the 1980s. The book has reached a third edition, with its author making an appearance as a guest on the Phil Donahue Show on American television.

[BCBW 1992]