MCNA notifies 8.9 million people of the health data breach

By Sarah Rodriguez May 31, 2023 – MCNA Dental, a provider of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program services suffered a major health data breach affecting more than 8.9 million people, revealing their Social Security numbers and personal data. As of right now, this marks the largest health data breach reported in 2023. MCNA Dental … Read more

Real-world data confirms the efficacy of dolutegravir-based dual therapy

More than six years of real-world data collected from people living with HIV switching to dolutegravir-based two-drug regimens confirm comparable efficacy to three-drug regimens, consistent with previous clinical trial results. Dr Conor Bowman and colleagues at the Royal Free Hospital have published these findings in the journal AIDS. Analyzing retrospective patient data from a London … Read more

Insurance regulators look into Point32Health data breach – The Boston Globe

Massachusetts insurance regulators have opened an investigation into a cyber attack on one of the state’s largest health insurance providers. The insurance division is monitoring the Point32Health data breach, which may have compromised personal data including addresses, medical histories and Social Security numbers of current and former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care policyholders, according to Margaret … Read more