SOME names for microbes, like Salmonella, trip off the tongue. Others, like Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio-gogogochensis, aren’t so easy to say. Labels for coronavirus ...

The World Health Organization said Nov. 29 that global spread of a new coronavirus variant, named omicron, could result in "severe consequences," as early research indicates it's possible that the ...