The World Health Organization is implementing the new system to avoid negatively impacting the countries where the strains were first identified Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, ...

(CNN) — The naming of the new coronavirus variant Omicron is causing some confusion. Since May the World Health Organization has been using letters of the Greek alphabet, in order, to name coronavirus ...

Late-season hurricanes will no longer carry Greek names, the World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday. Dorian and Laura, hurricanes from 2019 and 2020, respectively, will have their names ...

Anagrams aside, the new coronavirus variant’s name follows an established pattern of naming variants after letters in the Greek alphabet. Pedestrians wearing face masks against the coronavirus walk ...

GENEVA — The World Health Organization is announcing a new nomenclature for the covid-19 variants that were previously — and somewhat uncomfortably — known either by their technical letter-number ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Victor formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. That leaves only one name on the 2021 hurricane list, with two months to go. So what happens if we have more than one ...

Legendary Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos dies at 81, leaving a profound mark on Greek music and culture.

They’re ‘distracting and confusing,’ says the World Meteorological Organization They’re ‘distracting and confusing,’ says the World Meteorological Organization Justine Calma is a senior science ...

The 2020 hurricane season was so prolific that the National Hurricane Center used up its roster of 21 alphabetized storm names. When that happens, the government pulls in the Greek alphabet. But don't ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher-level ...

(CNN) --The naming of the new coronavirus variant Omicron is causing some confusion. Since May the World Health Organization has been using letters of the Greek alphabet, in order, to name coronavirus ...

Late-season hurricanes will no longer carry baffling Greek names like Zeta and Theta. The Greek alphabet will be dropped as a source of hurricane names for busy seasons like last year’s, when the ...