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Empty envelopes are hitting mailboxes. The scam behind them can expose your data, QR codes and bank info if curiosity wins. Stay alert now.

Microsoft Defender offers great protection from malware -- but there are other online threats you might want to consider, too.

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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Professor of Computer Science John MacCormick received his Ph.D. from Oxford University. The author of four books—including Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future and the recently published Thinking ...

Hikers along Southern California's Pacific Crest Trail have been smacked with fast-spreading cases of a "winter vomiting disease" – and they aren't the only ones. At least two dozen hikers have fallen ...

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Global health officials are tracking an outbreak of Ebola caused by a rare species of orthoebolavirus called the Bundibugyo virus that has so far killed more than 130 people and infected more than 500 ...

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The virus causing an outbreak in Congo suspected of killing more than 130 people is less common than others that cause Ebola disease, which is complicating the response because there are no specific ...