Black patients and patients from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods are dramatically under-represented in genetics clinics—often at rates half or less than those of white patients or ...

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Twenty-seven states filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. Trump keeps control of California National Guard for now ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James argued 23andMe "cannot auction 15 million customers’ highly sensitive personal genetic information without their consent or knowledge." 23andMe says the lawsuit ...

New York and other states filed a lawsuit seeking to block 23andMe, the bankrupt genetic testing firm, from selling millions of Americans' genetic data to the highest bidder. A total of 28 state ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that his office is joining a group of 28 attorneys general in a lawsuit against 23andMe, which would block the company from selling customers' ...

The sale of 23andMe’s genetic data has prompted a lawsuit from 27 states and the District of Columbia, seeking to block the sale of genetic material the company has collected from 15 million people as ...

Dozens of states have filed a joint lawsuit against the bankrupt DNA-testing company 23andMe to block the company’s sale of its customers’ genetic data without explicit consent. The suit, filed this ...

A coalition of 27 states and the District of Columbia is suing a bankrupt genetic testing firm, 23andMe, to block the sale of individuals’ sensitive genetic information without permission from each of ...