Articles about variant trackers and variant nicknames:
"Comuni cittadini vanno a caccia di varianti di coronavirus", Roberta Villa, Le Scienze (Italy), October 6, 2023.
"Covid hunters: the amateur sleuths tracking the virus and its variants", Linda Geddes, The Guardian (UK), September 27, 2023.
"He’s Been Naming Covid Variants. Not Everyone’s Happy.", Brianna Abbott, Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2023.
“La situación en la que estamos con el COVID es única en la historia de la humanidad”, Rafa Lopez, Faro de Vigo (Spain), September 10, 2023.
"Covid. Da Cerberus a Kraken, quei cittadini diventati cacciatori di varianti", Adnkronos editorial team, Adnkronos (Italy), September 2, 2023.
"The names for COVID variants are a confusing alphabet soup. Here's why it got so muddled", Elizabeth Hlavinka, Salon, August 28, 2023.
"Covid-19:comment de simples «scientifiques citoyens» sont devenus traqueurs de nouveaux variants", Nicolas Berrod, La Parisien (France), August 10, 2023.
"What’s in a name? Group behind SAR-CoV-2 variants’ nicknames hopes to bring science closer to people", Bindu Shajan Perappadan, The Hindu (India), May 13, 2023.
"COVID-19 nicknames get a makeover", Haley Weiss, Time, April 24, 2023.
"How a rural school teacher became a top COVID sleuth", Maz Kozlov, Nature, April 18, 2023.
"Covid-19: variants Orthos, Kraken… D’où viennent ces «noms de monstres destinés à provoquer la peur»?", Nicolas Berrod, Le Parisien (France), January 28, 2023.
"Kraken, basilisk and gryphon: The push to name Omicron variants after monsters", Natassia Chrysanthos, Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), January 16, 2023.
"When it comes to Covid, a name can be important", Siouxsie Wiles, NZ Stuff (New Zealand), January 16, 2023.
"Why no Pi? Variants are still stuck on Omicron even as coronavirus continues to mutate", Brenda Goodman, CNN, January 13, 2023.
"Kraken, Centaurus, Basilisk: Meet the biologist changing the way we talk about covid-19 variants", William Gittins, Diario AS, January 12, 2023.
"The Kraken COVID variant isn’t different enough from other Omicrons to get a Greek letter, WHO official says", Erin Prater, Fortune, January 11, 2023.
"Covid, ecco chi è l'uomo che inventa il nome alle varianti: "Aiuto le persone a distinguerle e a non avere paura. L’ignoranza genera panico”", Paolo Mastrolilli, La Repubblica (Italy), January 11, 2023.
"XBB.1.5 shows we’re thinking about covid variants all wrong. Here’s a better way.", Jonathan Lambert, GRID, January 11, 2023.
"Covid, biologo cha ha battezzato 'Kraken': "Preoccupa ma non è l'unica"", Francesco Maggi, ADNKronos (Italy), January 10, 2023.
"Maybe Don’t Unleash the Kraken", Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, January 9, 2023.
"‘Kraken’ subvariant name beats ‘alphabet soup’ moniker for XBB.1.5: biologist", Camille Bains, Toronto Star, January 9, 2023.
"What’s with the monster nicknames for COVID variants?", Shaye Ganam, CHED 630 AM Edmonton, January 6, 2023.
"Meet the biology professor who named the surging ‘Kraken’ COVID variant. He has more to help make sense of Omicron’s ‘alphabet soup’", Erin Prater, Fortune, January 5, 2023.
"El “cazador de variantes” que halló con solo 6 secuencias la que ahora domina en España", Rafa Lopez, Faro de Vigo (Spain), December 12, 2022.