Now, we are keeping track of descriptors like alpha, beta and gamma, the variants of COVID-19. The World Health Organization created this Greek naming system to make them easier to publicly discuss.

Gamma, delta, lambda – here’s your guide to the Greek alphabet of the COVID-19 variants Alison Bowen, Chicago Tribune Aug 6, 2021 Updated Aug 6, 2021 ...

GENEVA -- The Greek alphabet will no longer be used for hurricane names in the Atlantic Ocean basin once the main list is exhausted, the World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday. The ...

This year's exceptional pace of named storms has already crossed off Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta from the secondary list of Greek alphabet names. 2005 is the only other year when the naming of ...

More: Hurricane season start date could shift earlier because of a surge in May storms From now on, instead of using the Greek alphabet, the WMO will use a supplemental list of names if the ...

The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet had been a fairly innocuous entity for 2,500 years. But in just two weeks, it became notorious. Omicron moved beyond classical philosophy texts, beyond the ...

The World Health Organization has a new naming system for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants of interest, based on the Greek alphabet.

Gamma Brazil was the first place this was detected, and it’s also been recorded in Japan. The CDC considers the gamma a variant of concern; it was first detected in the U.S. in January 2021. Epsilon ...