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, ...

Landmark legislation proposes a statutory ban on the use of predictive genetic test results in life insurance decisions and ...

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.

The passage of long-awaited legislation banning life insurers from using adverse genetic testing results to deny or limit cover is a landmark step ...

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

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 ...