In a historic 1997 speech, President Bill Clinton championed legislation to ban genetic discrimination, ensuring that ...

Genetic discrimination hasn’t yet become a problem in the US. Since the Genetic Information Nondiscrmination Act (GINA) was signed into law in 2008, very few GINA-related charges have been made.

Worrying Over Genetic Discrimination. December 19, 2002 / 11:04 AM EST / AP Boulder, Colorado, officials want to add genetics to laws that ban race, gender ...

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) prohibits discrimination in health coverage and employment on the basis of genetic information. [1] However, this law is limited in ...

The Senate passed genetic nondiscrimination bills on unanimous votes in 2003 and 2005 but couldn't get the House to act. A year ago the House approved a White House-backed bill on a 420-3 vote.

The law was written after genetic discrimination emerged in the 1970s. At the time, programs to screen and identify genetic carriers of sickle cell anemia, a disease which afflicts many Black ...

As predicted the era of universal newborn genomic screening is dawning. The UK and Florida are leading the way.

Should a doctor tell you if your relative has a genetic mutation that leads to cancer? New advice on privacy says yes, ...

L ast week, with little attention or fanfare, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 414 to 1 to outlaw genetic discrimination. The only dissenter was the irascible libertarian Ron Paul. The ...

Genetic Non-Discrimination Policy Considerations in the Age of Genetic Medicine. Report addresses uncertainties that need consideration as genetic medicine gets increasingly personal and the ...

A survey in Canada examined the prevalence of perceived genetic discrimination against patients with Huntington disease. The respondents reported discrimination not only by insurance or mortgage ...

Genetic testing is increasingly used as part of routine healthcare to determine a patient's risk for some conditions, including certain cancers. But insurers can use genetic test results to refuse ...