On Sept. 10, 2025, a federal judge blocked the Department of Justice's attempt to subpoena medical records and other private health information on minors receiving hormone therapy and other gender ...

More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person's brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person's health, mental ...

SACRAMENTO — Tracking heartbeats, monitoring blood sugar levels and even recording how many times a month a headache pounds your skull—yep, there are apps for that. But those ventures could be facing ...

Google employees were recently required to share personal health information with a third-party AI tool or else forego health benefits. Amid significant employee concerns for medical privacy, Google ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. An ultra-conservative federal judge in Texas has lobbed another hand grenade in his ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The move is the first public legal decision after the Department of Justice, in July, ...