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Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are named after letters of the Greek alphabet and there is no evidence that the Omicron variant is a cryptic name that means “non-existing”, as claimed in a meme being ...

WHEN THE World Health Organisation (WHO) decided in May 2021 to use the Greek alphabet to name “variants of concern” of SARS-CoV-2, it did so for reasons of simplicity. The first was Alpha, the second ...

You may have heard that there’s a new Omicron spinoff that’s quickly gaining ground in the United States. Maybe you wanted to ask your doctor about it or search for more information online – but what ...

The naming of the new coronavirus variant Omicron is causing some confusion. Since May the World Health Organization has been using letters of the Greek alphabet, in order, to name coronavirus ...

The BA.2 variant of coronavirus is doing exactly what researchers predicted it would. After lab tests and real-world surveillance from the onslaught of cases in the United Kingdom, doctors in America ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. An illustration of SARS-CoV-2 created at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An illustration of SARS-CoV-2 created at the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Every few months for the first two years of the pandemic the public learned the name of a new coronavirus variant that had emerged and was more adept at infecting us or causing severe disease. Ten ...

Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can be forgiven if they’ve lost track of the latest variants circulating nationally and around the world. We’ve heard of the alpha, beta, gamma, ...

Just when we were getting comfortable calling SARS-CoV-2 variants by their Greek monikers, omicron rapidly evolved into multiple mutating subvariants identified by a confusing mix of letters and ...

(CNN) — The BA.2 virus — a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant — isn’t just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting ...