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This video tells the story of Stuxnet, the infamous computer worm believed to have targeted Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.

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Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Most people infected with the virus develop ...

A New Hampshire man has been hospitalized for weeks after contracting a rare but serious tick-borne illness called Powassan virus, according to multiple local reports. After feeling worn down from a ...

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LOS ANGELES — In early 2022, around the time the Omicron variant started driving a new surge in COVID-19 cases, researchers at James DeGregori's University of Colorado Anschutz lab noticed something ...

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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is of particular concern to global health officials in part because the virus detected is a less common strain. The suspected ...

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Norovirus cases are on the rise heading into the summer, likely as more people are gathering. The notorious illness brings some pretty intense symptoms, including diharrhea and vomiting, and can lead ...