News & Announcements

Whether you plan to gather again virtually or celebrate Thanksgiving in person this year, the holiday offers a chance not just to bond with family but also to do something...

We’re excited to share our refreshed Research Consent document that governs how 23andMe conducts Research. Although we have not changed our research program or how we use participants’ data, we...

23andMe has been included in another “Best” list, this one for its leadership. In Inc. magazine’s first annual Best-Led Companies list, 23andMe was included after being evaluated on a 12-point...

23andMe made Fast Company’s first annual list of “Brands that Matter,” an award honoring companies and nonprofits with a mission or ideals that have had a cultural impact and are relevant and authentic. The company was singled out for two of its more recent science and research initiatives.

23andMe's CEO and Cofounder Anne Wojcicki announced that the company agreed to acquire the telemedicine company Lemonaid Health, a move that marks another step in making personalized healthcare a reality and furthers the company's mission to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome.

This month Comparably included 23andMe on its list of large businesses with the Best Company Work-Life Balance in 2021. The ranking comes from 23andMe employees who submitted anonymous reviews.

California recently enacted a new law to protect consumers’ genetic data privacy, rules 23andMe and Coalition for Genetic Data Protection supported. The new law is similar to protections adopted in Utah and Arizona recently, that 23andMe hopes are adopted nationally.

This week, Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe’s CEO, and Co-Founder signed a letter, along with dozens of CEOs, making a commitment toward advancing equity and inclusion for employees and customers with disabilities. The move deepened the company’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through participating in the Disability Equality Index. The index offers a way to gauge the company’s policies and practices for employees and customers with disabilities in the coming years.

Leveraging a broader community of external security researchers and ethical hackers, 23andMe is collaborating with Bugcrowd on a public bug bounty program.

23andMe’s internship program provides a diverse array of people with valuable experience and room to grow personally and professionally. The 2021 class of interns was the first to operate remotely,...