A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a.k.a. the rat lungworm, is now ...

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A month after ICE agents sent the young Ecuadorian mother and her 7-year-old daughter to a sprawling detention center 1,300 miles from their Minnesota home, they were finally free ...

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A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

On February 2, 2026, cybersecurity researchers revealed a significant supply chain attack that compromised the popular Open VSX Registry. Unidentified threat actors hijacked a legitimate developer’s ...

About 1 in 10 people carry genetic variants that make them particularly vulnerable to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous pathogen that is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple ...

As 2025 draws to a close, security professionals face a sobering realization: the traditional playbook for web security has become dangerously obsolete. AI-powered attacks, evolving injection ...

A new report out today from cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis International GmbH details an newly identified campaign linked to the long-running Astaroth banking malware that’s ...

In December 2025, the GlassWorm supply chain malware campaign emerged again, affecting both the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX platforms. This episode involved 24 extensions posing ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Dozens of reports of invasive jumping worms across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula – and a few in the Upper – are raising concerns about damages to the state’s natural ecosystems.