Stand Up To Cancer announced an initiative that will both help scientists understand the emerging coronavirus pandemic and ensure the needs of cancer patients and survivors are being included as the research goes forward.
There are a number of items of news about state expansion of Medicaid, Family Leave and some attempts by certain states to screw their citizens who have cancer or chronic illnesses go around the federal medical insurance laws by
HIPAA rules bar "covered entities" such as medical practices and hospitals from disclosing our protected health information without first receiving our consent. But for data generated outside the covered entities, there aren't any HIPA protections. Without HIPA protection, we are primarily on our own concerning understanding how companies utilize our personal and health data when we are on social media.
