Alpha, beta, omicron... These three words bring to mind whiffs of hydroalcoholic gel and the feel of a mask on the face. Indeed, the covid variants were named using Greek letters. Yet this alphabet ...

Subtropical Storm Alpha, the first storm named after a Greek alphabet in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, formed near the coast of Portugal, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday.

WHEN THE World Health Organisation (WHO) decided in May 2021 to use the Greek alphabet to name “variants of concern” of SARS-CoV-2, it did so for reasons of simplicity. The first was Alpha, the second ...