What to Know About EG.5, the New COVID-19 Variant Nicknamed ‘Eris’

A new coronavirus strain is spreading across the U.S. and dozens of other countries, prompting the World Health Organization to warn that it could become dominant globally. EG.5, which has unofficially been nicknamed “eris,” is a descendant of the XBB family of omicron subvariants. The U.N. health …