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Every year, a lack of vaccination leads to about 1.5 million preventable deaths, primarily in developing nations. One factor that makes vaccination campaigns in those nations more difficult is that there is little infrastructure for storing medical records, so there’s often no easy way to determine who needs a particular vaccine. MIT researchers have now developed a novel way to record a patient’s vaccination history: storing the data in a pattern of dye, invisible to the naked eye, that is delivered under the skin at the same time as the vaccine. “In areas where paper vaccination cards are often lost...

This is a bit of a rant, vent, as well as a warning, it could happen to you. I really never expected this would happen. Read on. A Wisconsin company, Milliman IntelliScript, has my prescription history and is selling that information. I found out when Lincoln Financial denied me short term disability insurance. I called Intelliscript and demanded that they stop selling my medical info and delete MY information. They said no. I'm a Vet my prescriptions are filled through pharmacies on military bases. There is no way they should have that information. The DoD doesn't release medical histories of...

I was recently asked by my dentist to fill out an on-line patient history so they could go paperless. After spending a bunch of time filling out a bunch of very detailed information I get to the last page and read this: WARNING: 21 USC 843(d), states that any person knowingly or intentionally furnishes false or fraudulent information in the application is subject to term of inprisonment of not more than 4 years, and a fine under Title 18 of not more than $250,000 , or both.By typing my full name in the space below, I hereby certify that the...