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Newborns Get Routine Heel Blood Tests, But Should States Keep Those Samples?

Privacy-related concerns have grown about the sometimes decades-long storage and use of genetic material from newborn screenings.

Sep 15, 2022

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Private Sector Wants To Protect Online Health Privacy, Critics Say It Can’t Be Trusted

Many companies in the health tech sector have shockingly leaky privacy practices.

May 19, 2022

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Oregon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit After Vaccine Data Release

A state employee sued the Department of Administrative Services after it inadvertently released the vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees.

May 3, 2022
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Senate Clears Bill Allowing Patients to Shield Medical Info from Policyholders

The proposed privacy law heads to the governor, allowing patients to redirect their explanation of benefits away from a policyholder for any reason.

Jun 8, 2015

Privacy Rights Can Threaten Physician-Patient Relationship

The author comments on Edward Snowden’s leak of top-secret documents asserting that we should demand a right to privacy, which is our fundamental intellectual and spiritual property.

Jun 12, 2013