Over the last month, Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe’s CEO and co-founder, has been plenty busy spreading the word about the power of genetics to transform health care and empower people. Anne...

The Genetic Alliance, a nonprofit health advocacy organization, is asking for support to expand people’s right to their own health information by giving them direct access to their clinical laboratory...

A common refrain for critics of direct to consumer genetic testing is that the tests could cause unnecessary worry. Those critics believe that for some tests the results shouldn’t go...

In September, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius proposed rules to give patients direct access to their clinical laboratory results. We believe that giving people access to their lab results will trigger more engagement by patients and better dialogue between patients and their doctors. Your comments may help make a difference between whether the proposed rules become reality.