The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted in 2008 to protect Americans from being widely discriminated against by a then new technology: genetic testing. The law was written ...

Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that may ...

Various corners of the media and internet are hyperventilating over the alleged genetic privacy implications of the imminent Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company ...

“I mentioned to a co-worker that I just found out I had the breast cancer gene,” a woman told me a few years ago. “The next thing I knew, everyone in the office was asking me, ‘How are you?’ When the ...

Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) is sponsoring bill H.R. 1815 - medical privacy, insurance Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) is sponsoring bill S. 346 - patient's rights, health insurance Twenty-four ...

Privacy experts are concerned about the risk of "genetic discrimination" after 23andMe, which offered a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service, filed for ...

Genetic information can be life-saving in a medical emergency, yet it’s still rarely collected from adults — even when doctors are struggling to make a diagnosis. New research shows Americans need ...

Angela Giampolo of Giampolo Law Group in Philadelphia. When Blackstone Group acquired a majority stake in Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion in 2020, headlines focused on consumer tech. But behind the ...