Betacoronavirus the Latin “corona” meaning crown or halo, referring to their image under electron microscopy of crown-like spikes on their surface similar to the solar corona. This morphology is created by the viral spike (S) peplomers, which are proteins that populate the surface of the virus and determine host tropism. The order Nidovirales is named for the Latin nidus, which means nest. It refers to this order’s production of a 3' co-terminal nested set of subgenomic mRNA's during infection. Betacoronavirus Betacoronaviruses are one of four genera of coronaviruses of the subfamily "Coronavirinae" in the family "Coronaviridae", of the order "Nidovirales". They
Planetary health understanding and addressing the human health implications of accelerating change in the structure and function of Earth's natural systems." The Alliance's initiatives include the Rockefeller Foundation Planetary Health Fellowship, a planetary health course for Harvard undergraduates, and a Planetary Health Annual Meeting, which was first held in April 2017 in Boston, MA. The open-access journal "Lancet Planetary Health" published its inaugural issue in April 2017. Planetary health Planetary health refers to "the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends". In 2015, the Rockefeller Foundation and "The Lancet" launched the concept as the