A new system for monitoring the safety of marketed drugs and other medical products is being developed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to medical scientists writing in the New England Journal of Medicine this week. But a host of challenges will need to be overcome before it can be used successfully,…
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UK: 2,000 hospital patients' records stolen
A laptop containing confidential information on 2,000 patients was stolen from Broomfield Hospital. The news has angered the Patients’ Association – a charity helping to give a voice to patients in their dealings with the NHS – amid concerns for the security of patient data held at hospitals. The computer, which had been through a…
McAfee sends out customer details in email
Security vendor McAfee has sent out a bulk email containing the contact details of over 1400 security professionals that attended its recent conference in Sydney. The email revealed demographic data collected during the registration process for the McAfee Strategic Security Summit, held in Sydney on Friday July 17, as well as the full contact details…
Man arrested in scam case
A fifth person has been arrested in connection with what police are calling the “Jamaican lottery scam” investigation, which already has seen four other Routt County residents federally indicted and arraigned. Dean Leslie Mowatt, 31, was booked into the Routt County Jail on Sunday and is suspected of theft, identity theft, criminal possession of a…
Fayetteville School District employees victims of id theft
40/29 reports that 30 Fayetteville School District employees have had their Social Security numbers compromised. All of the victims are certified staff members who work for the Fayetteville School District. The district has as yet no idea how the breach occurred or precisely what information was obtained. They also report that: So far, all the…
NZ: Pleas for medical notes must be justified – commissioner
Insurance company requests for people’s full medical notes must be clearly justified, the Privacy Commissioner says. The issue has been highlighted by the case of terminally ill Christchurch man Wayne Croft, who is fighting his health insurance company over its refusal to pay his claim. Croft gave permission to Sovereign Insurance to access his medical…