Daily Sabah reports: In an important decision that will set the precedent for similar cases, Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday to compensate an employee who was fired from the job shortly after being diagnosed with HIV. The employee from the western province of Izmir, acknowledged with the initials T.T.A, was diagnosed with HIV in 2006….
Category: Healthcare
Oregon lawmakers push to protect pot users’ info from US
Kristena Hansen reports: Oregon lawmakers worried about a nationwide crackdown on legal marijuana under President Donald Trump’s administration are rushing to protect the personal information of pot customers in case federal agents try to seize it. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking one of the first direct state actions in response to White House…
Could Your Fitbit Data Be Used to Deny You Health Insurance?
Andrew Boyd reports: Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier insurance customers. But it’s not quite so simple. Under the program, people who have certain health insurance coverage plans with UnitedHealthcare…
Florida Supreme Court: 24-hour wait for abortions is likely unconstitutional
Steve Almasy reports: The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that a state law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a woman gets an abortion is likely unconstitutional. The court, with a 4-2 ruling, “quashed” a ruling by a district appeals court on the state’s Mandatory Delay Law that permitted the waiting period. In doing so…