23andme says it owns the aggregated genetic data of its customers, meaning it can sell it to the highest bidder ...

The very public sharing of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s health details raises ethical questions over privacy.

A Trump administration executive order intended to provide patients with the prices from hospitals and insurers they need to ...

Ryan Howells, who leads a group that develops guidance for improving access to health data, and Dr. Thomas Keane, a former ...

Virginia-based Inova Health Care Services must face one claim of a proposed class action alleging it illegally shared ...

The Department of Health and Human Services will be firing 10,000 employees—nearly a quarter of the workforce.

Legislation to overhaul how health care providers share patient data is expected to be sent to the full House later this year, with supporters claiming it will save lives and reduce unnecessary clinic ...

When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal health 15 years ago, she focused her research on tribal cultural and ...

Alberta's health authority is claiming its fired former executive breached her employment agreement by holding on to ...

In the corners of social media dominated by wellness content, influencers recommend an assortment of treatments and products ...

While research suggests having a higher weight may increase your risk for certain conditions, people can be healthy at every ...

Some question the figure, saying it doesn’t account for certain repayments or immigrants who don’t disclose their legal ...