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The Department of Health and Human Services, spurred by secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is seeking unprecedented access to the health records of U.S. citizens. The department is also negotiating deals to gain access to the health records of citizens from other countries.
Indiana University legal scholar Jennifer Oliva explains the questionable reason for collecting the data, how the law tasked with protecting sensitive patient records hasn’t kept up with today’s technologies, and what this means for the privacy of your medical information.
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How private is the information you give your doctor, really? Dragana991/iStock via Getty Images
Jennifer D. Oliva, Indiana University Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short of protecting people’s privacy. |
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Rin Reczek, The Ohio State University Estrangement is rarely caused by childhood abuse or a pushy therapist. Instead, it reveals a collision between two ideas of what family should be. |
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Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well. |
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Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, University of North Dakota Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out? |
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Holly Jarman, University of Michigan; Claire L. Ma, University of Michigan; Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst A new FDA survey finds some positive trends among young people in the US, though new forms of nicotine use like pouches have become a bit more popular. |
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Miranda Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic Seeing a loved one lose significant weight or struggle with eating and exercise can be concerning. Approaching a conversation with respect and care can avoid the harms of speculation and silence. |
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Anna Dilger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign A long bath in brine is how deli meat gets its taste, texture and shelf life. |
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Jason Burns, Michigan State University; Madeline Mavrogordato, Michigan State University Revenues for Michigan’s districts have failed to keep pace with inflation and the evolving needs of today’s students. |
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American science benefited greatly from the talents of immigrant scientists at least as far back as WWII. A lot of the immigrants who came here on student visas in recent decades stayed to become scientific researchers and medical personnel. Now, some are leaving and others are deciding not to come here, to our loss.
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