Or they’ll focus on the virus’s symptoms, as they did for Ebola. But for the coronavirus illustration, they went with what professional medical artists call a “beauty shot”: a detailed ...

Like all her medical illustration work, Eckert says the intention with the coronavirus image was to create something “tangible” to help people understand. That the image would be adopted by countries ...

The virus, the image seems to be saying, will either destroy us or be destroyed. In another New Yorker illustration by Niemann, the proteins are depicted as deadly spikes that need to be fended off.

Van de Poel says this is just the beginning of the ongoing project. He has a few more virus illustrations in the works, and already has an idea of what he’d like to see. “The stoned virus ...

"I saw lots of illustrations and 3D models of the virus itself and its protein but I didn't really see what it did to us," she explained. She started investigating and soon created an infographic ...

During this time of unprecedented uncertainty, anxiety, and shared feelings of powerlessness, a group of artists are posting daily, uplifting illustrations to give people a moment of hope.

The PBS NewsHour spoke with the artist, who is now based in New Zealand, about her inspiration behind the “I am not a virus” illustration series, and how to approach conversations about racism ...

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the nerves.