Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – In 2013, Robyn Biggs’s aunt tested positive for a genetic mutation that increased her risk of breast, ovarian, ...

The Senate on Thursday voted 98-0 in favor of a bill (S 306) that would establish protections against genetic discrimination, CQ Today reports (Swindell, CQ Today, 2/17). Under the legislation, ...

U.S. policymakers addressing the public’s concerns about how genetic information could be used, in different insurance-related contexts, should consider several guiding questions, say authors of a new ...

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 ...

Australia has banned life insurance companies from using genetic testing information to deny or restrict policies.

New amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act will stop life insurers from charging more, refusing cover or treating people unfairly based on ...

India, April 4 -- A national legislative ban on life insurers discriminating against applicants based on genetic testing would create an opportunity for the Australian government to invest in ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – In 2013, Robyn Biggs’s aunt tested positive for a genetic mutation that increased her risk of breast, ovarian, pancreatic and other cancers. Since her father had died of cancer, and ...