Nick Turse and Jana Winter report: The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to screen airline passengers from two African countries arriving in the U.S. for Ebola, which will involve sending them to one of about a half dozen designated airports. The Centers for Disease Control confirmed the plan Friday evening, several hours after…
Category: Healthcare
UC says Blue Shield sought ‘expansive’ patient data as part of its COVID-19 work for California
Melody Gutierrez reports: Blue Shield of California initially sought an “expansive” amount of medical data from the University of California Health system in exchange for vaccine doses under the state’s revamped allocation plan that awards extensive powers to the insurance giant, a move that has prompted objections from UC and alarm from patient privacy advocates….
FTC: Protect Women’s Privacy
Sharon Kyle writes: According to the Federal Trade Commission, a technology start-up that develops and distributes a mobile application called Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker is in a bit of trouble. The App collects and stores menstruation and fertility information about millions of women who use their app worldwide. No big deal, right? The problem is the…
EU Told to Back Vaccine Passports or Google May Do It Anyway
Ian Wishart, Viktoria Dendrinou, and Arne Delfs report: European Union leaders inched toward establishing bloc-wide vaccine certificates to enable countries to reopen to travel as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that unless they hurry Apple Inc. and Google will step into the vacuum. During a five-hour video call, the EU’s 27 leaders focused…