Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) rolled out a new naming system for tracking COVID-19 variants that the agency says creates "easy-to-pronounce and non-stigmatizing" labels for the new mutations.
GENEVA, May 31 (Reuters) - Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek alphabet to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma.
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