News & Commentary about Medical and Genetic Privacy

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Scientists at work in high-level P3 biosafety security laboratory.

Oct 30, 2020

The Dangers of Expanding What Can Be Patented In the Age of COVID-19

A gloved hand adds reagent to a COVID-19 serological antibody test with the patient sitting nearby.

May 18, 2020

Coronavirus 'Immunity Passports' are not the Answer

May 15, 2020

Contact Tracing and COVID-19: Lessons From HIV

Chemist testing a DNA sample tube in a lab with a cotton swab. Tube labeled DNA.

Mar 10, 2020

Police Need a Warrant to Collect DNA We Inevitably Leave Behind

A gloved hand holding a vial of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV in a laboratory.

Jan 28, 2020

What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective

Oct 2, 2019

Rapid DNA Machines in Police Departments Need Regulation

A technician loads patient samples into a machine for testing at Myriad Genetics

Jun 3, 2019

Who Controls Our Genes? Congress Is Deciding Right Now and It Could Harm Our Health.

May 29, 2019

The Government Needs to Get a Warrant if It Wants Access to Our Private Health Information

Mar 18, 2019

Beware the Tech Industry’s Latest Privacy Trojan Horse

Jan 10, 2019

Trump’s Labor Department Wants to Drug-Test Applicants for Unemployment Benefits