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

The virus that causes COVID-19 has stopped worming its way through the Greek alphabet — for now. The alpha, beta, gamma and epsilon variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been downgraded by the Centers for ...

First, many called it simply the coronavirus, then COVID or COVID-19. Now, we are keeping track of descriptors like alpha, beta and gamma, the variants of COVID-19. The World Health Organization cr… ...

MILFORD, Conn.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Currently circulating in the United States, the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern are the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, and the variants of interest are the Epsilon ...

Alpha Variant Also known as B.1.1.7, the alpha variant was first identified in the United Kingdom and quickly spread to the most prevalent variant in the US, before the delta variant took hold.

Lambda has so far been labeled a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, compared to the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta strains, which have all risen to “variant of concern ...

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 ...