As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks. Tick season is starting earlier and lasting longer, and ticks are popping up ...

The genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 changes structure to boost its survival, revealed researchers. This finding can help produce more effective drugs to treat the infectious disease.

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to ...

For centuries, coronaviruses have triggered health crises and economic challenges, with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that spreads COVID-19, being a recent example. One small protein in SARS-CoV-2, the ...

The genetic material of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, can change shape and structure to boost its survival, say researchers noting that the finding can help produce more effective drugs ...

"Shape-shifting Ebola virus protein exploits human RNA to change shape." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 April 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210414131945.htm>.

Still, there’s a lot of flu virus flying around out there right now, and Dr. Russo says it’s important to do what you can to lower the odds you’ll contract it. How can I protect myself?

ARTICLE: E Partlow et al. Influenza A virus rapidly adapts particle shape to environmental pressures. Nature Microbiology DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-01925-9 (2025).

Washington University in St. Louis. "Shape of virus may determine RSV infection outcomes." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 October 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 10 / 211022123757 ...

For centuries, coronaviruses have triggered health crises and economic challenges, with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that spreads COVID-19, being a recent example. One small protein in SARS-CoV-2, the ...